Alaska Court System, CIV-720 Eviction Booklet

Citation: Alaska Court System, CIV-720 Eviction Booklet
Jurisdiction: Alaska (state)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-720.pdf ↗

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III. Information for Tenants: Defending Against Eviction 10
A. Notice to Quit 10
B. Summons 10
C. Preparing for the Eviction Hearing 10
D. Answering the Damages Claim 14

IV. The Eviction Hearing 17
A. Hearing Procedure 17
B. Hearing Procedure if Defendant Does Not Appear 18

V. Trial To Decide Claims for Damages 19
A. Scheduling the Damages Trial 19
B. The Damages Trial 20
C. Tips for Preparing for and Representing Yourself at Trial 21

VI. Default Judgment 22

VII. After Judgment 25
A. Relief from Judgment 25
B. Collection of the Judgment 26

APPENDICES
1. List of Forms 27
2. Judicial Districts 28
3. How to Fill Out the Case Caption on a Form 29

CIV-720 EVICTION BOOKLET (8/23) 1
 How F.E.D. Cases Work
(Sequence of Events)
1. Notice To Quit given to tenant. Before a lawsuit to evict a tenant may be
filed, the landlord must give the tenant written notice of the reason the
landlord intends to evict the tenant ("terminate the tenancy"). The notice
must give the tenant time to correct the problem (or move out) in order to
avoid eviction.

2. F.E.D. lawsuit is filed. The landlord files a complaint with the court if the
tenant does not fix the problem by the deadline set in the Notice To Quit.

3. Tenant is given notice of the lawsuit. The tenant is served with a copy of
the complaint and a court summons. The summons orders the tenant to:
a. appear at an eviction hearing, and
b. file a written answer to any claim of damages made in the
complaint.

4. Eviction hearing. The court holds an eviction hearing within 15 days after
the case is filed in court and at least 2 days after the summons is served on
the tenant. At this hearing, the judge decides who gets possession of the
property.