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Property tax relief for seniors in Alaska

Alaska law requires every city and borough that taxes property to exempt the first $150,000 of assessed value on the home of a resident 65 or older.

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You apply in writing to your city or borough assessor, and each one sets its own form and deadline. A widow or widower 60 or older of someone who qualified may keep it.

How to apply in Alaska

In person
Send a written application to your city or borough assessor by its deadline (in Anchorage, March 15, online, by mail or in person)
Who runs it
Your city or borough assessor

Who may qualify in Alaska

Who may qualify for Senior citizen property tax exemption
Age65 or older (or 60 or older and the widow or widower of someone who qualified, if not remarried)
Income limitNo income limit in the state law
HomeReal property you own and live in as your primary residence and permanent place of abode, as an Alaska resident
Permanent Fund Dividend ruleYour city or borough may require that you were eligible for a Permanent Fund Dividend that year or the year before

Source: Alaska State Legislature (source 1)

What you may get

What Senior citizen property tax exemption pays
ExemptionThe first $150,000 of your home's assessed value is not taxed

Source: Alaska State Legislature (source 1)

Dates, renewals and waiting lists

Dates and renewals
Application deadlineSet by each city or borough. In Anchorage, March 15 of the tax year
Do you reapply each year?Set locally. In Anchorage, no, unless the ownership or use of the home changes

Source: Municipality of Anchorage (source 2)

How Alaska is different

Where Alaska's rules differ from the federal rules for Property tax relief for seniors.

  • Required by state law in every city and borough that taxes property, and the state repays them for the lost tax as far as the money set aside allows
  • Only one exemption per home; if two owners qualify, they choose who gets it

Source: Alaska State Legislature (source 1)

Good to know

  • A city or borough may exempt more than $150,000 in a case of hardship, under state rules.
  • Cities and boroughs may add their own exemptions. Anchorage, for example, also offers a residential exemption for owner-occupied homes (40% of assessed value, up to $75,000).
  • If you are approved after you have already paid the tax, the tax on the exempt amount is refunded.

Sources: Alaska State Legislature (source 1), Municipality of Anchorage (source 2)

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Sources

  1. Alaska State Legislature, Alaska Statutes 29.45.030, Required exemptions (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. Municipality of Anchorage, Property Appraisal: Exemptions (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.

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