Maine § 10 §9066 Civil penalties

Maine Statutes

§ 10 §9066 — Civil penalties

Maine § 10 §9066

Title 10COMMERCE AND TRADE

Part 11HOUSING

Ch. 951MANUFACTURED HOUSING ACT

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 10 §9066 (2026).

Text

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 manufactured housing unit, except that the maximum penalty may not exceed $1,000,000 for any related series of violations occurring within one year from the date of the first violation. It is a violation of this chapter for a person:

2.Sale or offer for sale after first purchase. Subsection 1, paragraph A shall not apply to the sale or the offer for sale of any manufactured home after the first purchase of it in good faith for purposes other than resale.

3.Persons who did not have reason to know that the home is no

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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 manufactured housing unit, except that the maximum penalty may not exceed $1,000,000 for any related series of violations occurring within one year from the date of the first violation. It is a violation of this chapter for a person:
2.
Sale or offer for sale after first purchase.

Subsection 1, paragraph A shall not apply to the sale or the offer for sale of any manufactured home after the first purchase of it in good faith for purposes other than resale.
3.
Persons who did not have reason to know that the home is not in conformity with standards.

Subsection 1, paragraph A does not apply to any person who establishes that the person did not have reason to know in the exercise of due care that the manufactured home is not in conformity with applicable federal manufactured home construction and safety standards or any person who, prior to the first purchase, holds a certificate by the manufacturer or importer of the manufactured home to the effect that the manufactured home conforms to all applicable federal manufactured home construction and safety standards, unless the person knows that the manufactured home does not so conform.

Legislative History

PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 553, §46 (AMD). RR 1993, c. 1, §28 (COR). PL 1993, c. 642, §35 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 353, §5 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. B, §§25, 26 (AMD).