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...Town of Brunswick, 2011 ME 41, ¶ 9, 15 A.3d 1279, the legislative history of the statute demonstrates a limited purpose to provide an orderly process for the return of a security deposit. See L.D. 1813, Statement of Fact...
deposit is “liable for double the amount of that portion of the security deposit
[¶14] If the landlord retains the security deposit and fails to provide the
landlord forfeited its right to withhold any portion of Jones’s security deposit
file an action, and Cost Management failed to return the security deposit within
required written statement within the time prescribed, the security-deposit statute provides two possible consequences:
...He suggests that the court subtracted $10,167 from the jury’s verdict rather than from the amount the court awarded (the verdict plus $2,000 for a security deposit), depriving him of the *266 $2,000 security deposit which...
security deposit within thirty days of the end of the lease. See id. § 6033(2), (3).
...In any proceeding to collect the security deposit, which the tenant may commence after giving the landlord written notice of the intent to file suit, the landlord is presumed to have wrongfully withheld the deposit, if the entire deposit was...
...The District Court found in favor of the Lyles on their complaint to recover the amount of their security deposit and in favor of landlord Donna Michele Mangar on her complaint for unpaid rent and late fees. The Lyles contend...
1. The landlord forfeits the right to retain any portion of the security deposit, id. § 6033(3); and
*872[¶ 18] Because neither the security deposit statute nor the lease prohibited Man-gar from bringing a separate claim for breach of other terms of the rental agreement, the District Court did not err in considering Mangar’s small claims...
[¶ 22] The District Court correctly determined that the Lyles were entitled to recover $900 — the amount of their security deposit — and that Mangar was entitled to recover $3,600 in unpaid rent plus $100 in late fees, which had the...
[¶ 4] The Lyles paid the $900 security deposit and then, with the exception of $300 withheld by the Lyles to cover certain costs, they paid rent through May 2009. Soon after making the May payment, they were told that Mangar...
In relevant part, Maine’s statute on security deposits read as follows: “2.
...In any proceeding to collect the security deposit, which the tenant may commence after giving the landlord seven days’ notice and still not receiving the deposit, the landlord is presumed to have wrongfully withheld it, id. § 6034(1). In such...
security deposit would be returned on the following conditions:
In this action brought in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County), the tenant Sheila Chesnel sought under 14 M.R.S.A. § 6033 (1980) to recover her $100 security deposit from her former landlord, defendant John Paradis. The landlord appeals from...
...S.A. § 6021(2) (1980) and for defendant’s willful and wrongful retention of plaintiffs’ $160.00 security deposit in violation of 14 M.R.S.A. § 6084 (1980). Pertinent to the security deposit issue, plaintiffs sought damages equal to...
...By the terms of the agreement, rent was set at $900 per month, due on the first day of each month, and a $900 security deposit was required. The lease contained the following provisions regarding the security deposit and termination...