- (a) Upon delivery of the notice required in sec. 20 of this chapter, a tenant or prospective tenant who believes that the proposed rent increase for the rental unit occupied or about to be occupied is unjustified may file a complaint with the Emergency Rent Review Board for his or her area. A complaint must be filed within 15 days after the receipt of a notice of intent to increase the rent; however, complaints as to rent increases which become effective within 120 days before a declaration of housing emergency must be filed within 30 days of that declaration.
- (b) Complaints may be on forms provided by the board, but any written statement which clearly delineates the complaint of the tenant shall be accepted as a properly filed complaint.
- (c) A person who is unable to prepare a written complaint may make an oral statement to the board which clearly delineates his or her complaint, and this complaint shall be accepted by the board. The board shall prepare a memorandum of an oral complaint which shall be signed by the complaining party.
(Eff. 5/6/75, Register 54; am 11/15/75, Register 56)
Authority: AS 34.06.030