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Nine questions, two minutes, no email required. It checks you against Maine law and, if your property is inside city limits, against Bangor's own ordinance.

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Why this exists

Most owners around here are compliant on the things everyone talks about and exposed on two or three they have never heard of. The Bangor ordinance is only three years old, the radon statute is genuinely obscure, and the deposit deadline carries a double damages penalty that most people find out about after they have missed it.

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1. Which town is the property in?

This matters more than anything else here. Three of the checks below come from a City of Bangor ordinance that applies nowhere else, and a fourth uses a different number of days inside the city than outside it.

2. Do you charge a fee just to submit a rental application? YesNo 3. When do you collect a tenant screening or background check fee? From everyone who appliesOnly from the applicant I approve, with the first month rentI do not charge one 4. How much is that screening fee, in dollars? (leave blank if none) 5. On your last rent increase, how many days of written notice did you give? 6. Do you have a radon test result for the unit from the last 10 years? YesNoNot sure 7. How much do you take as a security deposit? One month rent or lessTwo months rentMore than two months rent 8. When your last tenant moved out, did the deposit go back on time with an itemized list of any deductions? YesNo, or not sureNo tenant has moved out yet 9. Do you give the tenant all seven required written disclosures at signing? Yes, all sevenSome of themNo, or not sure 10. Was the building built before 1978, and if so does the tenant get the lead paint disclosure? Built before 1978, and yes they get itBuilt before 1978, and no or not sureBuilt in 1978 or later

What it checks, and against what

Rule	Source	Where it applies
No rental application fee	Bangor Chapter 282	Bangor only
Screening fee only from the approved applicant, at first rent	Bangor Chapter 282	Bangor only
Screening fee capped at $75 or actual cost	Bangor Chapter 282	Bangor only
60 days notice for a rent increase	Bangor Chapter 282	Bangor. Elsewhere in Maine it is 45 days, or 75 if the increase is 10% or more
Radon test every 10 years on request	14 M.R.S. §6030-D	All of Maine
Deposit capped at two months rent	14 M.R.S. §6032	All of Maine
Deposit returned on time with an itemized list	Maine security deposit law	All of Maine
Seven written disclosures at move in	Maine law	All of Maine
Lead paint disclosure for pre 1978 buildings	Federal law and Maine law	All of Maine

If something came up

Most of it is fixable on your own, and the free forms cover the two that people get wrong most often: the rent increase notice with the right notice period, and the deposit return letter with the itemized list.

If you would rather hand the whole thing to someone who deals with these rules every week, that is what the management companies in this area do. Tell us about the property below and they will contact you.

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