What the statute requires of you in Maine: return deadlines, clock triggers, itemization / notice duties, deposit caps, and penalties for non-compliance — drawn from Wherewithal’s statute research corpus. A landlord who complies correctly does not create a statutory penalty claim.
Confidence: PRIMARY
| Deadline to return / account | 30d written lease / 21d tenancy-at-will |
|---|---|
| When the clock starts | written lease: per agreement ≤30d; at-will: termination or surrender/acceptance, later |
| Penalty for non-compliance | 2× wrongfully withheld (after 7-day pre-suit notice path) |
| Deposit cap (maximum you may collect) | 2 mo |
| Escrow / interest requirements | yes |
| Citation | 14 M.R.S. §§ 6032–6034 |
Source: 14 M.R.S. §§ 6032–6034
This state’s corpus does not encode a single numeric day count (split tracks, compound clocks, or non-numeric windows). The calculator will show the statute prose — it will not invent a calendar date.
Same statute corpus, framed for tenants organizing a deposit-return claim.
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