Alaska Emotional Support Animal Housing Request
ALASKA EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL HOUSING REQUEST
Date: [__/__/____]
To landlord or housing manager: [NAME AND ADDRESS OR EMAIL]
From tenant or applicant: [FULL NAME]
Dwelling or application: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, ALASKA ZIP]
Private response address or email: [CONTACT INFORMATION]
Request
I request a reasonable accommodation to keep the animal identified below at this dwelling. The animal helps address a disability-related need. I ask you to consider the specific change to a housing rule or charge described here so that I may use and enjoy the dwelling. 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B).
Animal name and species: [________________________________]
Housing rule or charge affected: [NO-ANIMAL RULE / PET DEPOSIT / OTHER]
Change requested: [________________________________]
How the animal helps with the disability-related need, without stating a diagnosis:
[____________________________________________________________]
How the requested change helps me use and enjoy the dwelling:
[____________________________________________________________]
Alaska's additional pet-deposit provision, AS 34.03.070(h), distinguishes an animal individually trained to perform disability-related work or tasks as defined in subsection (i)(2). My animal's role is:
☐ Individually trained to perform disability-related work or tasks. Brief task description: [________________________________].
☐ Emotional support without individually trained disability-related work or tasks. I request an individualized accommodation decision about the housing rule or charge identified above; I do not claim the trained-service-animal deposit exception automatically applies.
☐ I need to clarify the animal's training or role. Details: [________________________________].
Supporting information:
☐ The disability-related need is already apparent or known to the housing provider.
☐ I enclose relevant supporting information. Attachment: [________________________________].
☐ Please tell me what further information you need and a private way to provide it.
Please respond in writing to [PRIVATE CONTACT METHOD] by [REQUESTED DATE]. If you need additional information or propose a different accommodation, please describe it so that I can respond.
Requester signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
Delivered to: [NAME OR OFFICE]
Method: ☐ Email ☐ Mail ☐ Hand delivery ☐ Housing portal
Date delivered: [__/__/____] Confirmation or tracking: [________________________________]
Official sources
About this template
- Last updated
- November 2, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 2, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Alaska
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- AS 34.03.070(h), (i)(2)
- 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 2, 2026.
AS 34.03.070(h) (checked November 2, 2026): "a landlord may demand or receive an additional security deposit from a tenant who has a pet on the premises that is not a service animal"
AS 34.03.070(i)(2) (checked November 2, 2026): "“service animal” means an animal that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks that are directly related to and for the benefit of an individual with a disability"
42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) (checked November 2, 2026): "a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling"
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