Alaska HOA & condo associations in court: the numbers

Alaska on the map

400 of the 565 communities with court records (rings, coloured by their most common case type) have an address or ZIP in the record and are drawn here; the rest have no location in any record and are not on the map, but stay searchable. Click a pin for the community's report, or open the full-screen map.

HOA Spy indexes 1,233 Alaska homeowner and condominium associations. 565 of them appear in 2,165 court records — 2,126 from county and state trial courts, 24 from appellate courts and 15 from federal dockets. Alaska ranks 8th of the 15 states with the most court records on HOA Spy. Every number on this page is computed from official court and county records; data as of 2026-10-02.

The facts

• Ten associations account for 12% of all Alaska court records on file. At the other end, 249 of the 565 communities with any record appear in exactly one case.
• Associations are usually the ones suing: they were the plaintiff in 2,001 records and the defendant in 132 — 94% of the cases with a known side were brought by the association, typically to collect assessments.
• The busiest year on file was 2005, with 176 records. The last full year, 2025, had 141 — up 48% on 2020 (95).
• Other cases make up 98% of the records (2,130): dockets that carry no nature of suit or one outside these groups (county civil dockets often say only "civil"). Next come Appellate cases (24).
• 2,126 records come (98%) from county and state trial courts, 24 from appellate courts and 15 from federal dockets.
• 94 associations (8% of those indexed) are not in good standing with the state's corporate registry; 111 have no active corporation on file at all.

What the cases are about

Each court record is labelled by its nature of suit the way the map colours it. Alaska's 2,165 records break down as:

• Other2,130 · 98%
• Appellate24 · 1%
• Eviction8 · 0%
• Insurance1 · 0%
• Collections1 · 0%
• Tax1 · 0%

Other: dockets that carry no nature of suit or one outside these groups (county civil dockets often say only "civil") · Appellate: decisions of the state's appellate courts · Eviction: eviction and unlawful-detainer actions · Insurance: coverage disputes with an insurer · Collections: assessment, debt and contract claims · Tax: tax matters

Who is suing whom

The side comes from the role the court recorded for the association where the docket gives one, otherwise from which side of the “v.” the association's name sits. Appeals, petitions and association-versus-association captions stay undetermined.

Filings by year

court records · 2026 is partial

The oldest records on file date from 1989. Years reflect the filing date on the docket (the decision date for appellate opinions); records with no date are left out. Coverage grows as courts are added, so part of any rise is HOA Spy reaching more dockets — see the sources below.

Where the cases are

The borough is the community's own (from its registration or ZIP), not the court's. Courts with the most Alaska records: Civil District Court (3AN) (1,586); Civil Superior Ct (3AN) (123); Small Claims (3AN) (108); Civil District Court (4FA) (67); Small Claims (3PA) (49); Small Claims (1KE) (33); Alaska Supreme Court (24); Estate (3AN) (22).

Associations with the most court records

A long record is not by itself a verdict on a community: a large association collecting assessments through the courts can have hundreds of small-claims entries. Open the profile to see what the cases are and who brought them.

Corporate standing

Status as the registry lists it: good standing (1,012), non-compliant (94). An association that lets its corporation lapse can lose the right to sue in its own name until it is reinstated.

How Alaska compares

The states with the most court records on HOA Spy. The share column is the part of each state's indexed communities that appear in at least one case; it depends on which courts are indexed there as much as on the communities themselves.

Where this data comes from

• Trial courts: Alaska CourtView — statewide
• Federal dockets and state appellate opinions: CourtListener (RECAP archive and bulk data, snapshot 2026-09-30)
• Corporate standing: Alaska DCCED — Corporations database download (1,338 records)
• IRS roster: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (22 records)

Most HOA litigation happens in state trial courts, which have no national index; HOA Spy reads the portals it can. A Alaska community outside the indexed courts can have cases this page does not count. Names are matched conservatively, so an ambiguous match is left out rather than guessed. Sources & methodology.

Questions people ask

How many HOA lawsuits are filed in Alaska each year?

In 2025, the last full year, 141 court records naming a Alaska community association were filed in the courts HOA Spy indexes; the five-year average is 107 a year. The busiest year on file is 2005 with 176.

Which Alaska associations have the most court cases?

By records on file: MARINE VIEW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION (35); SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION (35); ANCHORAGE MANORHOUSE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION (32). Most of these are suits the associations brought themselves, typically to collect assessments.

Do Alaska HOAs sue homeowners more than they get sued?

In the records with a known side, the association was the plaintiff 2,001 times and the defendant 132 times. Suits brought by associations are typically assessment collection and lien enforcement; suits against them typically come from owners, insurers or lenders.

How do I check a specific Alaska HOA?

Search it by name on HOA Spy: the report lists every lien, case and complaint on file with a link to the official record, and says which sources were checked. Communities with records also have a profile page under the Alaska directory. Data as of 2026-10-02.