An Act to Inciease the Time Penod for Notice to Terminate a Tenancy at Will
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0804
Committee Amendment CA_A_H564 (House)
Amends: 14 MRSA §6002

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to HP 493, L D 804, "An Act to Inciease the 
Time Penod for Notice to Terminate a Tenancy at Will" 
Amend the bill by stnking out everything aftei the enactmg clause and insertmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6002, first 1, as amended by PL 2015, c 293, §6, is fmther 
amended to i ead 
Tenancies at will must be termmated by either party by a mmnnum of 30 days' notice, 
except as provided m subsect10ns 2 flftd.,_ 4 and 5, m wntmg for that purpose given to the 
other party, but 1fthe landlord or the landl01d'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 fit st 
class mall 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 
30-day notice would expire, the notice must expue on or after the date through which the 
rent has been paid Either party may waive m writmg the 3 0 days' notice at the time the 
notice is given, and at no other time pnor to the givmg of the notice A termination based 
on a 30-day notice is not affected by the ieceipt of money, whethei prev10usly owed 01 for 
current use and occupat10n, until the date a wnt of possession 1s issued against the tenant 
durmg the penod of actual occupancy after receipt of the notice When the tenancy Is 
termmated, the tenant is hable to the process of forcible entry and detainer without further 
notice and without proof of any relation of landlmd and tenant unless the tenant has patd, 
after service of the notice, rent that accrued after the te1mmatton of the tenancy These 
provisions apply to tenancies of buildings erected on land of another party Te11nmat1on 
of the tenancy Is deemed to occur at the expiration of the tune fixed m the notice A 30-day 
notice under this paragraph and a 7-day notice under subsection 2 may be combmed m one 
notice to the tenant 
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §6002, sub-§5 1s enacted to read· 
5. 
Increased notice required. 
Notw1thstandmg any prov1s1ons of this section 
govemmg the mimmum time penod for termmat1on of tenancy at will to the contrary, on 
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CO~E AMENDMENT" A 
.. to HP 493, L D 804 
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the effective date of this subsection and until January 1, 2026, except as provided in 
subsections 1, 2 and 4, notice for teimination of tenancy at will must be provided as follows 
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A Except as provided in paragraph B, a landlord shall provide a tenant with at least 45 
days' notice in writing for tenmnatton 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 accomplished by both maihng the notice by fast class matl 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 45-day notice would 
expire, the notice must expire on or after the date through which the rent has been paid 
A termmation based on a 45-day notice is not affected by the receipt of money, whether 
previously owed or for current use and occupation, until the date a wnt of possess10n 
1s issued against the tenant during the per10d of actual occupancy afte1 receipt of the 
notice When the tenancy 1s terrmnated, the tenant is hable to the process of forcible 
entry and detainer 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 acct ued afte1 
the termination of the tenancy These provisions apply to tenancies of bmldings erected 
on land of another party Tenmnat10n of the tenancy 1s deemed to occm at the 
exp1rat1on of the time fixed in the notice A 45-day notice under this pat agi aph and a 
7-day notice under subsection 2 may be combined in one notice to the tenant A tenant 
shall provide a landlord with at least 30 days' notice in wnting for te1minat10n of 
tenancy at will Either party may waive m wnting the reqmred notice under this 
paragraph at the time the notice is given, and at no other time prior to the givmg of the 
notice 
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B If the landlord owns the bmlding where the tenant resides, the bmldmg has fewer 
than 4 dwelhng units and the landlord occupies one of the dwelling umts, the notice 
requned of a landlord under paragraph A 1s reduced to 30 days' notice 
This subsection is repealed January 1, 2026 ' 
j Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or sect10n 
nurµber to read consecutively 
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SUMMARY 
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I This amendment strikes and replaces the bill and 1equ11es a tenant to provide at least 
0 clays' notice to terminate tenancy at will and a landlord to provide at least 45 days' notice 
to t~nmnate tenancy at will, except that if the landlord owns the bmldmg, the bmldmg has 
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fe"ter than 4 dwelling units and the landlord occupies one of those dwelling umts, the 
lancllord must provide at least 3 0 days' notice to terminate tenancy at will 
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