CHAPTER 265
S.P. 353 - L.D. 1022
An Act To Allow Petitions for Protection of Rental Property and Tenants Based on Actions by Guests or Dangerous Pets
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 650, §8, is amended to read:
1. Commencing action. A landlord may file a petition against a tenant, a guest or invitee of a tenant or the owner of a dangerous pet on the premises for the protection of rental property or tenants when the landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, the landlord's rental property or persons who are tenants of the landlord have experienced harm or have been threatened with harm by a tenant of the landlord, a guest or invitee of a tenant or a dangerous pet on the premises. The landlord may file the petition in the landlord's own name or, when the landlord has written authority from a tenant to do so, may file the action on behalf of the aggrieved tenant, or both.
Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.
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