How long does a homeowner have to cancel a home improvement contract in Alaska?
In Alaska, a buyer may revoke a contract for goods or services of $10 or more made in a door-to-door sale (one personally solicited, in person or by telephone, away from the seller’s place of business) within five business days, by registered letter or by returning the goods. The seller must give the buyer written notice of the right to revoke at the time of the sale. Revocation takes effect when the rejected goods are tendered to the seller or the seller’s agent, or when a registered letter of rejection, marked Deliver to Addressee Only, Return Receipt, is posted to the seller or the seller’s agent. The seller bears the cost of returning rejected goods. A sale the buyer started to meet a bona fide immediate personal emergency is not a door-to-door sale, and neither is one where the buyer asked the seller to visit the home to repair or maintain the buyer’s personal property. The statute sets no deadline for the seller to refund payments. The federal cooling-off rule separately gives three business days to cancel many sales made at the buyer’s home. This is Alaska Stat. § 45.02.350.
| What | Alaska |
|---|---|
| Right to cancel | 5 business days for door-to-door sales of $10 or more |
What the statute says
“… may revoke the offer to buy within five business days of entering into the contract, and that the seller, at the time of the sale, give the purchaser written notice of the right to revoke …”
Quoted word for word from the section’s text.
Source
Alaska Stat. § 45.02.350
Read the statute in the Alaska Statutes (Alaska Legislature): akleg.gov.
Checked against the statute on November 15, 2026.
This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.
How Seayora uses this rule
An estimate on Seayora carries its own terms and contract text, and the customer’s approval is recorded with its date, so the day a cancellation period starts is on file for both the contractor and the homeowner.
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