An Act to Inc1ease the Time Period for Notice to Terminate a Tenancy at Will
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0804
Committee Amendment CA_B_H565 (House)
Amends: 14 MRSA §6002

COMMITrEE AMENDMENT "/," to H P 493, L D 804, "An Act to Inc1ease the 
Time Period for Notice to Terminate a Tenancy at Will" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and insertmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6002, first 1, as amended by PL 2015, c 293, §6, 1s further 
amended to read 
Tenancies at will must be terminated by either party by a mininmm of 30 days' notice, 
except as provided in subsections 2 aad.1 4 and 5, in wnting 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 malling 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 has paid rent through the date when a 
0-day notice would expire, the notice must expire on or after the date through which the 
rent has been paid Either party may waive m writing the 3 0 days' notice at the time the 
notice 1s given, and at no other time prior to the givmg of the notice A tennmation based 
on a 30-day notice 1s not affected by the receipt of money, whether prev10usly owed 01 for 
current use and occupation, until the date a writ of possession ts issued against the tenant 
durmg the period of actual occupancy after receipt of the notice When the tenancy is 
terminated, the tenant 1s hable to the process of forcible entry and detainer without further 
notice and without proof of any relation of landl01 d and tenant unless the tenant has paid, 
after service of the notice, rent that accrued after the termmat10n of the tenancy These 
provisions apply to tenancies of buildings e1ected on land of another party Termmat1on 
of the tenancy is deemed to occur at the expiration of the tune fixed in the notice A 3 0-day 
notice under this pruagraph and a 7-day notice under subsection 2 may be combined m one 
notice to the tenant 
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §6002, sub-§5 1s enacted to read 
J 
5. 
Increased notice required. 
Notwithstanding any p1ov1sions of this section 
governing the m1mmum time penod for terminat10n of tenancy at will to the contrary, on 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT•$• to HP 493, L D 804 
the effective date of this subsection and until Januazy 1, 2026, except as provided m 
subsect10ns 1, 2 and 4, notice for teimmation of tenancy at will must be provided as follows 
A Except as provided m paiagraph B, a landlord shall provide a tenant with at least 90 
days' notice m writmg for termmation of tenancy at will 
If the landlord or the 
landlord's agent has made at least 3 good faith efforts to serve the tenant, that service 
may be accomphshed by both mailmg the notice by first class mail to the tenant's last 
known address and by leavmg the notice at the tenant's last and usual place of abode 
In cases when the tenant has paid 1 ent through the date when a 90-day notice would 
expire, the notice must exptre on or after the date through which the rent has been paid 
A termmatton based on a 90-day notice 1s not affected by the 1 eceipt of money, whethe1 
previously owed or for current use and occupation, until the date a writ of possession 
1s tssued agamst the tenant durmg the period of actual occupancy after receipt of the 
notice When the tenancy 1s termmated, the tenant 1s hable to the process of forcible 
entry and detamer without further notice and without proof of any relation of landlord 
and tenant unless the tenant has paid, after service of the notice, rent that accrued after 
the termmatlon of the tenancy These provisions apply to tenancies ofbmldmgs erected 
on land of anothe1 party Tennmation of the tenancy is deemed to occur at the 
expirat10n of the tune fixed m the notice A 90-day notice under this paragraph and a 
7-day notice under subsection 2 may be combmed m one notice to the tenant A tenant 
shall provide a landlord with at least 30 days' notice m wntmg for temunat10n of 
tenancy at will Either party may waive in wntmg the reqmred notice under this 
paragraph at the time the notice is given, and at no other time p110r to the givmg of the 
notice 
B If the landlord owns the bmldmg where the tenant resides, the bmldmg has fewer 
than 4 dwelhng umts and the landlord occupies one of the dwellmg umts, the notice 
requued of a landlord unde1 paragraph A 1s reduced to 30 days' notice 
This subsection is repealed Januazy I, 2026 ' 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part lettei or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill and 1 eqmres a tenant to provide at least 
days' notice to termmate tenancy at will and a landl01d to p1ovide at least 90 days' notice 
to tennmate tenancy at will, except that 1f the landlord owns the bmldmg, the butldmg has 
fewe1 than 4 dwellmg umts and the landlord occupies one of those dwelhng umts, the 
landlord must provide at least 3 0 days' notice to termmate tenancy at will 
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