diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
index fc00bab4b25..ba90840b590 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	alertingModels "github.com/grafana/alerting/models"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/cmputil"
 )
 
@@ -423,6 +424,42 @@ func (alertRule *AlertRule) PreSave(timeNow func() time.Time) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ValidateAlertRule validates various alert rule fields.
+func (alertRule *AlertRule) ValidateAlertRule(cfg setting.UnifiedAlertingSettings) error {
+	if len(alertRule.Data) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no queries or expressions are found", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
+	if alertRule.Title == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: title is empty", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
+	if err := ValidateRuleGroupInterval(alertRule.IntervalSeconds, int64(cfg.BaseInterval.Seconds())); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if alertRule.OrgID == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no organisation is found", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
+	if alertRule.DashboardUID == nil && alertRule.PanelID != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: cannot have Panel ID without a Dashboard UID", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := ErrStateFromString(string(alertRule.ExecErrState)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if _, err := NoDataStateFromString(string(alertRule.NoDataState)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if alertRule.For < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: field `for` cannot be negative", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (alertRule *AlertRule) ResourceType() string {
 	return "alertRule"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
index 0ac146f328d..e337d7d8aae 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
@@ -633,48 +633,21 @@ var GenerateNewAlertRuleUID = func(sess *db.Session, orgID int64, ruleTitle stri
 	return "", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedGenerateUniqueUID
 }
 
-// validateAlertRule validates the alert rule interval and organisation.
+// validateAlertRule validates the alert rule including db-level restrictions on field lengths.
 func (st DBstore) validateAlertRule(alertRule ngmodels.AlertRule) error {
-	if len(alertRule.Data) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no queries or expressions are found", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-	}
-
-	if alertRule.Title == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: title is empty", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-	}
-
-	if err := ngmodels.ValidateRuleGroupInterval(alertRule.IntervalSeconds, int64(st.Cfg.BaseInterval.Seconds())); err != nil {
+	if err := alertRule.ValidateAlertRule(st.Cfg); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// enfore max name length in SQLite
+	// enforce max name length.
 	if len(alertRule.Title) > AlertRuleMaxTitleLength {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: name length should not be greater than %d", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, AlertRuleMaxTitleLength)
 	}
 
-	// enfore max rule group name length in SQLite
+	// enforce max rule group name length.
 	if len(alertRule.RuleGroup) > AlertRuleMaxRuleGroupNameLength {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: rule group name length should not be greater than %d", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, AlertRuleMaxRuleGroupNameLength)
 	}
 
-	if alertRule.OrgID == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no organisation is found", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-	}
-
-	if alertRule.DashboardUID == nil && alertRule.PanelID != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: cannot have Panel ID without a Dashboard UID", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-	}
-
-	if _, err := ngmodels.ErrStateFromString(string(alertRule.ExecErrState)); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if _, err := ngmodels.NoDataStateFromString(string(alertRule.NoDataState)); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if alertRule.For < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: field `for` cannot be negative", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-	}
 	return nil
 }