Alaska Late Fee Calculator
Work out interest on an overdue B2B invoice under Alaska law. The legal default rate — what applies when the contract is silent — is 10.5%, and the statute is quoted verbatim below. All math runs locally in your browser.
Statutory legal rate on money after it is due when no written rate is set.
Late fee breakdown
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Still unpaid? Generate a formal demand letter — it computes the interest and cites Alaska's statute (AS 45.45.010) for you.
What Alaska law actually says
(a) The rate of interest in the state is 10.5 percent a year and no more on money after it is due [...] (b) Interest may not be charged [...] more than the greater of 10 percent or five percentage points above the annual rate charged member banks for advances by the 12th Federal Reserve District [...] A contract or loan commitment in which the principal amount exceeds $25,000 is exempt from the limitation of this subsection.
Quoted verbatim from the linked official source — not our paraphrase. How we source and re-check every row is documented in the data methodology.
Maximum late fee in Alaska — written B2B contracts
Conditional cap ~10% floating (deals $25,000 or less).
Cap = greater of 10% or Fed 12th-Dist rate +5 pts. Only contracts OVER $25,000 escape it, so a typical smaller invoice stays under the ~10%+ floating ceiling.
Basis: AS 45.45.010(b). Compare all 51 jurisdictions on the full state table and the cap-regime map.
B2B invoices only — not rent, not consumer debt
Everything on this page is about business-to-business invoices. Residential rent late fees live in Alaska's landlord-tenant law and consumer credit has separate, stricter rules — two different bodies of law. The distinction is explained in B2B invoice late fees vs. residential rent.
Use this data
Alaska's row — rate, cap, citation, verbatim quote, verification date — is part of our open 51-jurisdiction dataset: CSV · JSON (CC BY 4.0, cite myinvoicetemplate.com). Set late-fee terms on your next invoice with the free invoice generator, or state them clearly using the wording guidance in the payment terms guide.
Alaska late fee FAQ
Can I charge late fees on overdue invoices in Alaska?
Yes — on business-to-business invoices. If your contract or invoice states a late-fee rate, that rate governs (subject to the cap rules below). If nothing was agreed: 10.5%. Statutory legal rate on money after it is due when no written rate is set. Statute: AS 45.45.010, verified 2026-08-19. Consumer and rent debts follow separate laws.
What is the maximum late fee I can charge in Alaska?
For a written B2B contract: Greater of 10% or Fed 12th District rate +5 pts — but contracts over $25,000 are exempt (any agreed rate). Basis: AS 45.45.010(b). The full cap analysis is in the section above; this covers business-to-business deals only — consumer credit has stricter separate caps.
What interest applies if my contract doesn't mention late fees in Alaska?
The statutory default rate of 10.5%. Statutory legal rate on money after it is due when no written rate is set. Statute: AS 45.45.010 (verbatim quote on this page, verified 2026-08-19).
Does this cover rent, apartment, or consumer late fees in Alaska?
No. This page covers business-to-business invoices only. Residential rent late fees are governed by Alaska's landlord-tenant law, and consumer credit for personal, family, or household purposes has its own stricter caps and disclosure rules. Those are different statutes than the commercial-interest law cited here.
Where does this data come from, and when was it verified?
Every figure on this page comes from our 51-jurisdiction dataset: each row researched against the controlling statute or the state's official current-rate page, independently re-checked, and stamped with its own verification date — Alaska's row was last verified 2026-08-19. The operative legal text is quoted verbatim on this page with a link to the official source, the methodology is public, every verification pass is logged in the changelog, and the full dataset is downloadable (CC BY 4.0).
Not legal advice. This page summarizes Alaska's commercial-interest statute for general information, with the verification date shown above — it tells you when we last confirmed the figures, not that they are still current today. Statutes change and courts interpret them; verify the cited statute at the official source, or ask a licensed attorney in your state, before charging or demanding interest.