Maine security deposit law: the 30-day deadline and your rights
Written lease: within the lease's stated time, max 30 days; tenancy at will: within 21 days after termination or surrender and acceptance, whichever is later (§ 6033(2)).
What Maine law says
- Return deadline
- 30 days
- Statute
- 14 M.R.S. §§ 6033, 6034
Double the portion wrongfully withheld plus attorney's fees and costs (§ 6034(2)). The tenant MUST give at least 7 days' written notice of intent to sue first — if the landlord doesn't return the full deposit within those 7 days, wrongful retention is PRESUMED and the burden shifts to the landlord.
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