Title 14, Title 14

1. Definition. As used in this section, "optional recurring fee" means an amount of money paid for an added service or feature of a property that is not essential to meet the basic health or safety requirements necessary for a dwelling unit to be fit for human habitation as gover…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Mandatory recurring fee" has the same meaning as in section 6000, subsection 1‑A. [PL 2023, c. 594, §12 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 594, §13 (AFF).] B. "Op…

1. Model residential lease. By December 1, 2025, the Attorney General shall create and post on the Attorney General's publicly accessible website a model lease for residential property that complies with current law, including any disclosure and any document required to be attach…

As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings. [PL 1977, c. 359 (NEW).] 1. Normal wear and tear. "Normal wear and tear" means the deterioration that occurs, based upon the use for which the rental unit is inten…

A lease or tenancy at will agreement for a dwelling intended for human habitation may not require a security deposit equivalent to more than the rent for 2 months.

1. Normal wear and tear. A security deposit or any portion of a security deposit shall not be retained for the purpose of paying for normal wear and tear. 2. Return; time; retention. A landlord shall return to a tenant the full security deposit deposited with the landlord by the …

1. Notice to landlord of intention to bring suit; presumption on failure to return deposit. If the landlord fails to return the security deposit and provide the itemized statement within the time periods in section 6033, the tenant shall give notice to the landlord of the tenant'…

1. Landlord's termination of interests in dwelling unit. Upon termination of a landlord's interest in the dwelling unit, whether by sale, assignment, death, appointment of a receiver or otherwise, the person in possession of a security deposit, including, but not limited to, the …

Any provision, whether oral or written, in or pertaining to a lease or tenancy at will agreement whereby any provision of this chapter for the benefit of a tenant or members of the tenant's household is waived is against public policy and is void.

1. Federally guaranteed mortgages. Any of the provisions of this chapter relative to security deposits which may be in conflict with the terms of a mortgage guaranteed by the United States or any authority created under the laws thereof, shall not apply to security deposits held …

1. Requirements. During the term of a tenancy, a security deposit given to a landlord as part of a residential rental agreement may not be treated as an asset to be commingled with the assets of the landlord or any other entity or person. All security deposits received after Octo…

The following terms apply to the purchase of surety bonds by tenants of residential dwellings. [PL 2007, c. 370, §2 (NEW).] 1. Landlord option. A residential landlord may offer a tenant the option of purchasing a surety bond in lieu of providing some or all of a security deposit,…

1. Installation. A tenant in a multiple dwelling unit may subscribe to cable television service or use an over-the-air reception device, subject to the following provisions. A. An operator who affixes or causes to be affixed cable television facilities or an over-the-air receptio…

Upon request, a transmission and distribution utility, as defined in Title 35‑A, section 102, shall provide free of charge to current or prospective customers, tenants or property owners residential electric energy consumption and cost information for a dwelling unit for the prio…

Upon request, a natural gas pipeline utility, as defined in Title 35‑A, section 102, shall provide free of charge to current or prospective customers, tenants or property owners residential natural gas energy consumption and cost information for a dwelling unit for the prior 12-m…

1. Parties to agreement; purposes of agreement. This chapter applies to agreements between: A. A person, referred to in this chapter as the "lessor," who owns land in territory under jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission; and [PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. A, §12 (RPR); P…

An agreement described in section 6047 must be made in the form of a written lease and must include at least a general description of the boundaries of the land to be leased.

1. Required notice of change in terms. A lessor must give a lessee at least 30 days' notice of a change in the terms of a lease. 2. Required notice of termination. Unless the lease is terminated for cause, a lessor must give notice to a lessee of the intent to terminate the lease…

A lessee of premises on which a structure owned by the lessee exists has the right of first refusal with regard to the leased premises if the lessor intends to sell or to offer to sell the leased premises as a separate parcel. Each lease subject to this chapter must make provisio…

The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to grant appropriate equitable relief in the following cases: 1. Foreclosure of mortgages. For the foreclosure of mortgages of real and personal property and for redemption of estates mortgaged. 2. Forfeitures. For relief from forfeiture…

The court has jurisdiction of cases mentioned in section 6051, subsection 7, notwithstanding persons interested not within the jurisdiction of the court are not made parties; but, in such cases, no decree affects the right of any person not a party to the action, unless he volunt…

The court has jurisdiction of cases mentioned in section 6051, subsection 11, notwithstanding the fact that the property sought to be reached and applied is in the hands, possession or control of the debtor independently of any other person, or that it is not within the State, or…

1. Recovery of costs. In any action against a person liable for a dishonored check, the holder may recover the amount of the check, the court costs and the processing charges incurred by the holder, plus interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of dishonor if: A. The h…

The notice must be in substantially the following form. [PL 1995, c. 288, §3 (AMD).] "Your check, draft or order made payable to .................. in the amount of ............. has not been accepted for payment by ......................, which is the drawee bank designated on y…

For the foreclosure of a mortgage by any method authorized by this chapter, if the mortgagee prevails, the mortgagee or the person claiming under the mortgagee may charge a reasonable attorney's fee which is a lien on the mortgaged estate, and must be included with the expense of…

Lands mortgaged to secure the payment of debts or the performance of any collateral engagement, and the debts so secured are, on the death of the mortgagee or person claiming under him, assets in the hands of his executors or administrators. They shall have the control of them as…

In all cases where a debtor has mortgaged real and personal estate to secure the performance of a collateral agreement or undertaking, other than the payment of money, and proceedings have been commenced to foreclose said mortgage for alleged breach of the conditions thereof, but…

When the record title of real estate is encumbered by an undischarged mortgage, and the mortgagor and those having his estate in the premises have been in uninterrupted possession of such real estate for 20 years after the expiration of the time limited in the mortgage for the fu…

Any 2 or more persons owning in severalty different portions or different interests of the character above described, in the whole or in different portions thereof, may join in one complaint. Two or more defects arising under different mortgages affecting one parcel of land may b…

When the mortgagor of such an undischarged mortgage and those having his estate in the premises have been in uninterrupted possession of such real estate for 20 years from the date thereof, and it shall appear that such mortgage was not given to secure the payment of a sum of mon…

When it is alleged under oath in the complaint that the mortgagees or persons claiming under them are unknown or that their names are unknown, they may be described generally as claiming by, through or under some person or persons named in the complaint. Service shall be made as …

Upon the service of such notice in accordance with the order of the court, the court shall have jurisdiction of all persons made defendants in the manner provided, and shall upon due hearing make such decree upon the complaint and as to costs as it shall deem proper.

The decree of the court determining the validity, nature or extent of any such encumbrance shall operate directly on the land as a proceeding in rem, and shall be effectual to bar all the defendants from any claim thereunder contrary to such determination, and such decree so barr…

When the mortgagee or person holding under him is under guardianship, a tender may be made to the guardian and he shall receive the sum due on the mortgage; and upon receiving it, or on performance of such other condition as the case requires, he shall execute a discharge of the …

1. Notice; payment. With respect to mortgages upon residential property located in this State when the mortgagor is occupying all or a portion of the property as the mortgagor's primary residence and the mortgage secures a loan for personal, family or household use, the mortgagee…

To the extent resources are available pursuant to subsection 4, the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection shall engage in the following activities. [PL 2009, c. 402, §15 (NEW).] 1. Hotline. The Department of Professional and Fin…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. [PL 2019, c. 363, §1 (NEW).] B. [PL 2021,…

When a mortgage is made or assigned to the State, the Treasurer of State may demand and receive the money due thereon and discharge it by his deed of release. After breach of the condition, he may, in person or by his agent, make use of the like means for the purpose of foreclosu…

If the Treasurer of State and the person applying to redeem any lands mortgaged to the State disagree as to the sum due thereon, such person may bring a civil action against the State for the redemption thereof in the Superior Court.

The court shall order notice to be served on the Treasurer of State in the usual form, and shall hear the cause and decide what sum is due to the State on said mortgage, and award costs as it deems equitable. The treasurer shall accept the sum adjudged by the court to be due and …

1. Power of sale. Any holder of a mortgage on real estate that is granted by a corporation, partnership, including a limited partnership or a limited liability partnership, limited liability company or trustee of a trust and that contains a power of sale, as described in Title 33…

The mortgagee or its agent shall, within 30 days after the date of the delivery of the deed to the purchaser or the purchaser's agent, cause an affidavit, fully and particularly stating the mortgagee's acts, or the acts of the mortgagee's agent, along with a copy of the foreclosu…

A sale or transfer by the mortgagor shall not impair or annul any right or power of attorney given in the mortgage to the mortgagee to sell or to transfer the land as attorney or agent of the mortgagor.

Actions on mortgage notes, whether witnessed or not, or on other obligations to pay a debt secured by a mortgage of real estate, to recover judgments for deficiencies after foreclosure by sale under a power contained in the mortgage, and actions on such notes or other obligations…

No action for a deficiency may be brought by the holder of the mortgage note or other obligation secured by mortgage of real estate after foreclosure by exercise of the power of sale, unless a notice in writing of the mortgagee's intention to foreclose the mortgage has been serve…

1. Foreclosure procedure. If the purchaser of real estate under a contract for the sale of real estate, including a bond for a deed, is in default of any of the terms of that contract, the seller or the seller's heirs or assigns may foreclose the rights of the purchaser in the co…