§ 10 §9094-A — Restrictions on sale when a mobile home park is sold

Maine § 10 §9094-A

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
• Part 11: HOUSING
• Ch. 953: REGULATION OF MOBILE HOME PARKS; LANDLORD AND TENANT

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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 unconditional acceptance of an offer for the sale of the mobile home park earlier than the 60th day after the date the notice containing the information required by this subsection is mailed as required by this subsection and received by the Maine State Housing Authority. The notice must include:
2.
Option contract.
3.
Exception; no change of use for 2 years.
3-A.
Group of mobile home owners or mobile home owners' association first option to purchase.
A group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association has the first option to purchase a mobile home park, and the owner of a mobile home park shall consider an offer from a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association subject to the following conditions.
3-B.
Applicability.
This section does not apply to:
3-C.
Affidavit of compliance.
A mobile home park owner may record in the registry of deeds of the county or district in which the mobile home park is located an affidavit in which the park owner certifies that:
4.
Enforcement.
A mobile home owner, group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring an action in Superior Court against the violator for injunctive relief, damages and attorney's fees. A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is considered prima facie evidence of an unfair or deceptive trade practice under Title 5, chapter 10.
5.
Supplemental notice and use restrictions.
Nothing in this section prohibits the owner of a mobile home park from providing notice or establishing use restrictions in addition to those required under this section.
6.
Assignment of rights.
A group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association that has rights under this section may, upon a majority vote, assign those rights to the following entities as long as the entity agrees to continue operating the property as a mobile home park:

Legislative History

PL 1989, c. 768 (NEW). PL 2023, c. 378, §§1-7 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 394, §§1-3 (AMD).