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CHAPTER 296

 
H.P. 729 - L.D. 1008

 
An Act To Clarify When Notice is Effective to Terminate a

 
Tenancy at Will

 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6002, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 208, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
Tenancies at will must be terminated by either party by a
minimum of 30 days' notice, except as provided in subsection 1,
in writing for that purpose given to the other party, but if the
landlord or the landlord's agent has made at least 3 good faith
efforts to serve the tenant, that service may be accomplished by
both mailing the notice by first class mail to the tenant's last
known address and by leaving the notice at the tenant's last and
usual place of abode. In cases when the tenant, if liable to pay
rent, is not in arrears at the expiration of the notice, the 30
days' notice must be made to expire upon the date rent is due has
paid rent through the date when a 30-day notice would expire, the
notice must expire on or after the date through which the rent
has been paid. Either party may waive in writing the 30 days'
notice at the time the notice is given, and at no other time
prior to the giving of the notice. A termination based on a 30-
day notice is not affected by the receipt of money, whether
previously owed or for current use and occupation, until the date
a writ of possession is issued against the tenant during the
period of actual occupancy after receipt of the notice. When the
tenancy is terminated, the tenant is liable to the process of
forcible entry and detainer without further notice and without


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