Maine Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Maine, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Maine: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Maine data files, checked November 2026 against 8 official pages, among them Maine Legislature: Title 14, 6033, Return of the security deposit; Maine Legislature: Title 14, 6032, Limitation on security deposits; Maine Legislature: 14 M.R.S. 6002 (Tenancy at will); Maine Legislature: 14 M.R.S. 6015 (Notice of rent increase); Maine Legislature: 14 M.R.S. Chapter 710 (Rental property); State of Maine Judicial Branch: Evicting a Tenant from a Residence for not Paying Rent.
• 6 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Maine notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 17 confirmed Maine rules at a glance and the 6 items to confirm: interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, court, time to answer or appear, right to counsel (statewide), diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page to check.
• Maine landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than the rent for two months (6032); return deadline: With a written rental agreement: the period it states, no more than 30 days; itemized list of deductions: A written itemized statement of the reasons for keeping any part, with payment of the difference; mailing to the last known address counts (6033(2)); penalty the law states: Missing the statement or deadline forfeits the right to withhold any part (6033(3)); ending month-to-month (landlord): Tenancy at will: a minimum of 30 days' notice; ending month-to-month (tenant): Tenancy at will: a minimum of 30 days' notice; rent increase notice: At least 45 days' written notice; 75 days for an increase of 10% or more (or increases totaling 10% within 12 months); unpaid rent notice: 7 days' written notice when the tenant is 7 days or more behind in rent.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Maine's return deadline (within 30 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Maine case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Maine landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Maine rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.