Title 10, Title 10

1. Establishment of procedures and standards. The board shall, by regulation, establish procedures and standards for the qualification of private or public agencies to perform evaluation and inspection services required by this subchapter. The current edition of the Criteria for …

A fee for each new dwelling unit that is installed in the State and fees for inspection of manufactured housing that must be paid by the manufacturer, dealer, developer dealer, installer or mechanic whose actions or failure to act gave rise to the necessity of the inspection are …

Upon complaint by any person concerning an alleged violation of this chapter, the board may investigate and determine, or may cause to be investigated and determined, whether the unit complies with established rules. The board shall notify the complainant of the complainant's rig…

1. Manufacturer. Every manufacturer of manufactured housing in this State and any manufacturer who offers manufactured housing for sale, lease, delivery, introduction or importation into this State shall furnish notification of any defect in manufactured housing produced by the m…

1. Standards. If the board finds that the standards for the manufacture and inspection of manufactured housing prescribed by statute or regulation of another state or governmental agency meet the objectives of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and are en…

1. Violation. The board may cause to be investigated any complaint of an alleged violation by any licensee or of any rules adopted by the board, either by its own inspector or any authorized agency to determine the validity of the complaint. A. Within one year and 10 days after i…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW).] 1. Board. "Board" means the Manufactured Housing Board or its employees. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Pr…

The board shall delegate the responsibility for administering the state administrative agency program to the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. The commissioner may delegate or contract out the administration of the program at the commissioner's discretion. Th…

The commissioner is authorized to issue, amend and revoke rules as necessary to implement all procedures required of a state administrative agency pursuant to 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Paragraph 3282 and 42 United States Code, Sections 5401 to 5426, including the implementa…

1. Adoption, administration and enforcement of standards. The department is charged with the adoption, administration and enforcement of manufactured housing construction and safety standards. The standards adopted must meet the standards adopted pursuant to the National Manufact…

The department, by authorized representatives, may enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse or establishment in which manufactured housing is manufactured, stored or held for sale for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of the federal manufactured housi…

The fee for a preoccupancy inspection of manufactured housing, as required pursuant to 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 3286, is set pursuant to section 9021, subsection 2-A.

1. Violations. A person who violates any of the following provisions relating to manufactured housing or rules adopted by the department is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each violation constitutes a separate violation with respect to each man…

Any person or officer, director or agent of a corporation, who willfully or knowingly violates any of the provisions enumerated in state law in any manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than on…

The department shall establish a monitoring inspection fee in an amount established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. This monitoring inspection fee is an amount paid by the manufacturer for each home produced in this State. [PL 19…

Each manufacturer, distributor and dealer of manufactured housing constructed under the federal standards shall establish and maintain the records, make the reports and provide such information as the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development may …

All complaints concerning units constructed in compliance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 shall be handled in compliance with subpart I of the regulation established pursuant to the Act.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1983, c. 553, §17 (NEW).] 1. Manufactured home. "Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, that is 8 body feet or more in wi…

A person may not conduct, control, manage or operate, for compensation, directly or indirectly, any manufactured housing community unless licensed by the board. Licenses issued must be displayed in a place readily visible to customers or other persons using a licensed establishme…

Application and license fees for manufactured housing communities are set under section 9021, subsection 2‑A, including applications for manufactured housing community expansion and license renewal. Fees are also set under section 9021, subsection 2‑A for manufactured housing com…

The board shall, within 30 days following receipt of application, issue a license to operate any manufactured housing community that is found to comply with this subchapter and the rules adopted by the board. [PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. B, §31 (AMD).] When any applicant is found, based…

The board may make and enforce all necessary rules for the administration of this subchapter, and may repeal or amend such rules from time to time as may be in the public interest, insofar as that action is not in conflict with any of the provisions of this subchapter.

The board and any duly designated officer or employee thereof may enter upon the premises of any manufactured housing community licensed pursuant to this subchapter at any reasonable time in order to determine the state of compliance with this subchapter and any rules in force pu…

Any person who operates any manufactured housing community without first obtaining a license as required by this subchapter is guilty of a Class E crime. Each day any such person operates the manufactured housing community without obtaining a license constitutes a separate offens…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subchapter, the board may issue a license to a manufactured housing community on the basis of an inspection performed by an inspector who works for and is compensated by the municipality in which the establishment is located, but only …

The board may deny a license, refuse to renew a license or impose the disciplinary sanctions authorized by section 8003, subsection 5‑A for any of the reasons enumerated in section 8003, subsection 5‑A, paragraph A.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality that, as a result of the nonpayment of property taxes, forecloses and takes possession of real estate on which is located an unlicensed manufactured housing community may, if the municipality determines the manufactured h…

1. Fee payment required. The purchaser of a manufactured housing community shall pay to the registry of deeds of the county where all or a majority of the acreage of the purchased real property associated with the manufactured housing community is located a fee equal to $10,000 f…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. B, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 1. Mobile home. "Mobile home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, whi…

No mobile home park owner or operator may require a resident of the park to purchase from the owner or operator any underskirting, equipment for tying down mobile homes or any other equipment required by law, local ordinance or rule of the mobile home park. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. …

1. Duty to disclose. A mobile home park owner or operator shall disclose fully in writing all fees, charges, assessments and rules before a mobile home dweller assumes occupancy in the park. 2. Increases or changes. The mobile home park owner or operator shall give at least 30 da…

1. Fees prohibited generally. Except as provided in subsection 2, a mobile home park owner or operator may not require an applicant to pay a fee to submit an application to enter into an agreement for rental of a mobile home or mobile home park lot or require an applicant to pay …

1. Lot rent and fees; notice requirement. An owner of a manufactured housing community shall provide notice of an increase in lot rent or fees no less than 90 days before the effective date of the increase to the owner of a manufactured home in the community. 2. Notice contents. …

1. Park acting as agent; advertising. No mobile home park owner or operator may: A. Exact a commission or fee with respect to the price realized by the seller of the mobile home unless the park owner or operator has acted as agent for the mobile home owner in the sale under a wri…

1. Notice required. The owner of a mobile home park shall give written notice of the intent to sell the mobile home park to each owner of a mobile home in the mobile home park and to the Maine State Housing Authority. The owner of the mobile home park may not make a final uncondi…

1. Fee payment required. The purchaser of a mobile home park shall pay to the registry of deeds of the county where all or a majority of the acreage of the mobile home park is located a fee equal to $10,000 for each mobile home park lot within the mobile home park. The money must…

Except as provided in subsection 1, no mobile home park owner or operator may require, as a condition of tenancy or continued tenancy, that a mobile home owner or dweller purchase fuel oil or bottled gas from any particular fuel oil or bottled gas dealer or distributor. [PL 1987,…

A tenancy or other estate at will or lease in a mobile home park may not be terminated solely for the purpose of making the tenant's space in the park available for a person who purchased a mobile home from the owner of the mobile home park or the owner's agents.

1. Eviction of tenant. A tenancy may be terminated by a park owner or operator only for one or more of the following reasons: A. Nonpayment of rent, utility charges or reasonable incidental service charges, except that no action for possession may be maintained if, prior to the e…

1. Illegal waiver of rights. It is an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of Title 5, section 207 for a park owner or operator to use a rental agreement or rule that has the effect of waiving a tenant right established in chapter 953 and, if applicable to mobile home…

Process of forcible entry and detainer pursuant to Title 14, chapter 709 must be used in mobile home evictions. This process includes mediation under Title 14, chapter 709, subchapter 1.

The owner of a mobile home park or the owner's agents may assess a penalty against a tenant for late payment of rent under this section. [PL 2005, c. 156, §2 (NEW).] 1. Late payment. A payment of rent is late if it is not made within 15 days from the time the payment is due. 2. M…

1. Maximum security deposit. No lessor of a mobile home park lot may require a security deposit greater than 3 months' rent. 2. Return of security deposit. The following provisions apply to the retention and return of a security deposit. A. A security deposit or any portion of a …

1. Implied warranty of fitness for human habitation. In any written or oral agreement for rental of a space in a mobile home park, the park owner or operator is deemed to covenant and warrant that the space and its associated facilities are fit for human habitation. 2. Complaints…

A violation of this chapter is a violation of Title 5, chapter 10, the unfair trade practices laws.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1999, c. 513, §6 (NEW).] 1. Corporation. "Corporation" means the Northern Maine Transmission Corporation established in section 9202, subsection 1. 2. Fund. "Fund…