The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maine
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 37-B M.R.S. ch. 13
- Issued
- 2020-07-30 July 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-30
- End
- Expired with the emergency June 30, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- July 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- landlords
- tenants
- MaineHousing
- Functions reached
- PM property management
- SV collections
- CT courts
- Collection
- Maine ME
Operative words
the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an Order dated March 18, 2020, which, among other things, permitted filings in eviction or FED actions but prohibited hearings and proceedings on these actions until a later date; and WHEREAS, Maine's businesses began reopening May 1, 2020, and on August 3, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court plans to reopen courts for hearings and resume handling evictions and related actions in an orderly manner; and WHEREAS, it remains desirable to continue to protect tenants from unlawful evictions, to extend eviction time periods for nonpayment of rent
Enforcement
Notes
Extended landlord notice periods (30 to 45 days; 7 to 30 days) and raised rent relief to $1,000 (Governor's release July 30, 2020).
Retrieval noteNumbered 5 FY 20/21 on its face.