Maine § 10 §9098 Security deposits

Maine Statutes

§ 10 §9098 — Security deposits

Maine § 10 §9098

Title 10COMMERCE AND TRADE

Part 11HOUSING

Ch. 953REGULATION OF MOBILE HOME PARKS; LANDLORD AND TENANT

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 10 §9098 (2026).

Text

1.Maximum security deposit. No lessor of a mobile home park lot may require a security deposit greater than 3 months' rent.

2.Return of security deposit. The following provisions apply to the retention and return of a security deposit.

3.Wrongful retention; damages; burden of proof. The following provisions apply to the wrongful retention of a security deposit by a mobile home park operator.

4.Return of security deposit to renter. Notwithstanding the definition of "tenant" in section 9091, subsection 5, this section applies to a person who rents a mobile home and rents the mobile home park lot on which the mobile home is located and from whom a mobile home park operator collects a security deposit.

5.Security deposits. During the term of a tenancy, a security deposit given to a mobile

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1.
Maximum security deposit.
No lessor of a mobile home park lot may require a security deposit greater than 3 months' rent.
2.
Return of security deposit.
The following provisions apply to the retention and return of a security deposit.
3.
Wrongful retention; damages; burden of proof.
The following provisions apply to the wrongful retention of a security deposit by a mobile home park operator.
4.
Return of security deposit to renter.
Notwithstanding the definition of "tenant" in section 9091, subsection 5, this section applies to a person who rents a mobile home and rents the mobile home park lot on which the mobile home is located and from whom a mobile home park operator collects a security deposit.
5.
Security deposits.
During the term of a tenancy, a security deposit given to a mobile home park operator as part of a residential rental agreement may not be treated as an asset to be commingled with the assets of the landlord. All security deposits must be held in an account of a bank or other financial institution under terms that place the security deposit beyond the claim of creditors of the mobile home park operator, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and that provide for transfer of the security deposit to a subsequent mobile home park operator. Upon the transfer of the mobile home park, the new operator shall assume all responsibility for maintaining and returning to tenants all security deposits accounted for and transferred. Upon request by a tenant, a landlord shall disclose the name of the financial institution and the account number where the security deposit is being held. A mobile home park operator may use a single escrow account to hold security deposits from all of the tenants of the mobile home park.

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 737, §§B1,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§B10,C8,C10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 502, §A32 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 661, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 128, §§1, 2 (AMD).