Maine security deposit itemization
A Maine landlord must send the itemized statement within 21 days after move-out. Miss it and the right to deduct anything is gone. The generator checks the deadline, the delivery method and the documentation as you fill it in.
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What Maine requires
- Deadline
- 21 days after the later of termination or surrender for a tenancy at will; 30 under a written lease. This check counts 21 because the form does not ask which applies.
- Delivery
- Mailing the statement and payment to the tenant's last known address is deemed compliance.
- If it is late
- Late forfeits the right to withhold; wrongful retention costs double the amount withheld plus attorney's fees and costs, and is presumed if the deposit is not returned within seven days of the tenant's notice.
- Deposit account
- The deposit is never commingled and sits in a bank account beyond the reach of the landlord's creditors, and on request you name the institution and account number; violating that costs the greater of actual damages, $500 or one month's rent.
- Also
- Owner-occupied buildings of five or fewer units are outside the statute.
- Statute
- 14 M.R.S. §§ 6031–6038
What goes on the statement
The deposit and the date it was received, each deduction with a specific description and amount, the total withheld, and the refund or balance owed. Maine landlords also record how and when the statement was sent, because the deadline is measured to that date. Damage lines should say what was damaged and how, not just a room name: a tenant, and a judge, can tell a burn mark from carpet wear.
Interest, a separate deposit account, receipts, photographs and a sworn attestation are only required in some states. The generator shows the fields Maine needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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