CHAPTER 261
H.P. 504 - L.D. 695
An Act to Amend Security Deposit Provisions for Residential Rental Units
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6031, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1981, c. 428, §11, is further amended to read:
1. Normal wear and tear. "Normal wear and tear" means that the deterioration which that occurs, based upon the use for which the rental unit is intended, without negligence, carelessness, accident or abuse of the premises or equipment or chattels by the tenant or members of his the tenant's household or their invitees or guests. The term "normal wear and tear" does not include sums or labor expended by the landlord in removing from the rental unit articles abandoned by the tenant such as trash. If a rental unit was leased to the tenant in a habitable condition or if it was put in a habitable condition by the landlord during the term of the tenancy, normal wear and tear does not include sums required to be expended by the landlord to return the rental unit to a habitable condition, which may include costs for cleaning, unless expenditure of these sums was necessitated by actions of the landlord, events beyond the control of the tenant or actions of someone other than the tenant or members of his the tenant's household or their invitees or guests.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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