Maine property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Maine compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Maine landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 21 days of move-out
- Maximum security deposit
- 2 month(s) of rent
- Late-fee cap
- Up to 4% of past-due rent
- Late-fee grace period
- 15 days after the due date
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 45 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Notice before landlord entry
- 24 hours
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 7 days
- Manager / broker license
- Not generally required by statute
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, Maine also protects sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, protection order holder status, public assistance recipient status. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Total price disclosure statement -- rent plus all mandatory/optional recurring fees and utilities; lease is unenforceable without it (14 M.R.S. 6030-J)
- Residential energy efficiency disclosure statement where the tenant pays for energy supply, pre-signing (6030-C)
- Screening/applicant fee disclosure -- app fees generally barred beyond the actual cost of one background check per 12 months, pre-disclosed (6030-H)
- Lead hazard repair/renovation notice for pre-1978 buildings, ~30 days before repair/reno work (6030-B(3))
Sources
- 14 M.R.S. 6033(2)(A) (21-day deposit return, tenancy at will); 6033(2)(B) (written lease: per the agreement, not to exceed 30 days); 6033(3) (missing either deadline forfeits withholding rights)
- 14 M.R.S. 6032 (deposit capped at 2 months rent, flat, no age exception); 6038 (no interest requirement, replaced 2009)
- 14 M.R.S. 6028(1)-(3) (late fee: 15-day grace, capped at 4% of one month's rent, pre-disclosed at signing)
- 14 M.R.S. 6015(1)-(2) (rent-increase notice: 45 days base, 75 days if the increase is >=10% single or cumulative in a trailing 12 months)
- 14 M.R.S. 6002 (30-day landlord no-cause termination; 7-day tenant DV/assault/stalking exception)
- 14 M.R.S. 6025 (24-hour entry-notice rebuttable presumption)
- 14 M.R.S. 6002(1)(C) (7-day pay-or-quit, voided if tenant pays in full before expiration)
- 32 M.R.S. 13001(2) / 13002 (broker license excludes leasing/rental/PM; owner/employee exemption)
- 5 M.R.S. 4581, 4581-A(4) (protected classes; note 4582 is repealed, do not cite it)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Maine statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Maine attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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