Sec. 6-132. Lodging facility.
(a) Statement of policy. The intent of this section is to
provide tenant-at-will status to residents of lodging
facilities, as defined in section 6-106, after they have resided
in a unit for thirty (30) days or more. Such lodging facilities
offers sleeping accommodations but few other amenities, and
residents of such housing in the past have been subjected to
summary eviction procedures by landlords who purposefully
characterize their rentals as “lodging houses” and thereby
purport to act under state law in ejecting occupants without any
recourse, regardless of the length of residency.
(b) License registration required for lodging facilities.
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall offer or
provide lodging facilities, as that term is defined in section
6-106, without having registered pursuant to Article VI.
(c) Application to buildings or structures with three or
more units. The requirements of this section shall apply to
buildings or structures containing three (3) or more lodging
facility units.
(d) Constructive “tenant at will” status after 30 day
occupancy. Any person who has occupied a lodging facility unit
situated at the same building or structure for thirty (30)
consecutive days and has paid rent for that thirty (30) day
period will be deemed to have achieved the status of a tenant at
will as of the 30th day and may not thereafter be evicted except
in accordance with the requirements of Maine’s Forcible Entry
and Detainer Law (14 M.R.S.A. § 6001, et seq.)
(e) Termination of owner’s interest.