§6021-A. Treatment of bedbug infestation
1.
Definition.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, "pest control agent" means a commercial applicator of pesticides certified pursuant to Title 22, section 1471‑D.
[PL 2009, c. 566, §8 (NEW).]
2.
Landlord duties.
A landlord has the following duties.
A.
Upon written or oral notice from a tenant that a dwelling unit may have a bedbug infestation, the landlord shall within 5 days conduct an inspection of the unit for bedbugs.
[PL 2009, c. 566, §8 (NEW).]
B.
Upon a determination that an infestation of bedbugs does exist in a dwelling unit, the landlord shall within 10 days contact a pest control agent pursuant to paragraph C.
[PL 2009, c. 566, §8 (NEW).]
C.
A landlord shall take reasonable measures to effectively identify and treat the bedbug infestation as determined by a pest control agent. The landlord shall employ a pest control agent that carries current liability insurance to promptly treat the bedbug infestation.
[PL 2009, c. 566, §8 (NEW).]
D.
Before renting a dwelling unit, a landlord shall disclose to a prospective tenant if an adjacent unit or units are currently infested with or are being treated for bedbugs. Upon request from a tenant or prospective tenant, a landlord shall disclose the last date that the dwelling unit the landlord seeks to rent or an adjacent unit or units were inspected for a bedbug infestation and found to be free of a bedbug infestation.
[PL 2009, c. 566, §8 (NEW).]
E.
A landlord may not offer for rent a dwelling unit that the landlord knows or suspects is infested with bedbugs.
[PL 2009, c. 566, §8 (NEW).]