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| | | An Act To Allow Petitions for Protection of Rental Property |
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| | | and Tenants Based on Actions by Guests or Dangerous Pets |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 650, §8, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 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. |
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