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Rights of Tenants in Maine: Introduction

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CONTENTS

Introduction: How to Use This Online Handbook

Tips To Know Before You Rent	Sale of Your Building
Types of Rental Agreements	Discrimination
Security Deposits	Electric Charges for Common Areas
Rent-	Cable TV/Dishes and Antennas
-General Assistance	Landlord Entering Your Home
-Rent Increases	Subsidized Housing
Unsafe or Unfit Housing	Mobile Home Parks-
Evictions-	-Park Rules
-Notice or Warning	-Mobile Home Park Evictions
-Court Hearing	-Unsafe or Unfit Conditions
-Defenses	-Sale of Your Mobile Home
Abandoned Property	-Sale of Mobile Home Park

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Introduction: How to Use This Handbook

Click here to get a printer-friendly .pdf pamphlet version.  If you need help, click here.

This online handbook gives you a quick look at Maine's landlord-tenant laws as of December 2009. The law is always changing. Also, you may need more information. If you have a problem with your landlord, ask for legal help. Call Pine Tree Legal or a lawyer you know.

If your rent is subsidized, read the Subsidized Housing section first. If you own your own mobile home and rent a lot, go to Mobile Home Parks.  

This handbook sometimes refers you to Small Claims Court. The court posts their Small Claims Guide here or contact Pine Tree Legal or your local District Court for a booklet version of the Guide.

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