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Index to the Ask the Lawyer Column
| What are the recent changes in the law concerning Sheriff’s service of eviction pleadings upon tenants? |
February 2014 Newsletter |
| What are the new requirements for radon testing of residential rentals? | January 2014 Newsletter |
| I own some apartments under my own name, and others through a Limited Liability Company. Can I prosecute my own evictions in Court without an attorney? | December 2013 Newsletter |
| A tenant told me her boyfriend would be staying with her as a guest for a week. Three weeks later he is still in the apartment. She made up an extra key for him, and he chipped in toward the recent rent payment. Is the boyfriend now a tenant? | November 2013 Newsletter |
| How did LD 1198 change the laws concerning landlords? | February 2013 Newsletter |
| How did the changes in the law under LD 1198 affect evictions? | December 2012 Newsletter |
| Laws and rules regarding rent and rent increases | November 2012 Newsletter |
| Cultivation of Medical Marijuana | October 2012 Newsletter |
Profiteering in Rents – Title 10 §1106. |
April 2011 Newsletter |
Tenants and Medical Marijuana – Title 22 §2421 et. seq. |
February 2011 Newsletter |
The Common Nuisance and House of Ill Fame |
January 2011 Newsletter |
Rental Agents / Personal Liability of Agents |
December 2010 Newsletter |
Death of a tenant – or Landlord |
November 2010 Newsletter |
Abandoned Property – Title 14 M.R.S.A. §6013 |
October 2010 Newsletter |
| Cash For Keys and Clunkers | September 2010 Newsletter |
| Tenancies at Will: Notice to Quit Elements-Title 14 §6002 | June 2010 Newsletter |
| New Penalties for Mistreatment of Security Deposits-Title 14 §6038 | May 2010 Newsletter |
| Warranty of Habitability, Expansion and Implications | April 2010 Newsletter |
| Tenancies at Will: Landlord / Tenant rights | March 2010 Newsletter |
| Understanding the Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA SCRA) | February 2010 Newsletter |
| Professional Rental Agents and Managers:Advantages and Disadvantages | January 2010 Newsletter |
| Radon Testing and Mitigation | December 2009 Newsletter |
| New law affects equipment used for solar clothes drying | November 2009 Newsletter |
| New Requirements for Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Smoke Detectors |
October 2009 Newsletter |
| Fair Housing Tests and Maine Human Right s Complaints |
September 2009 Newsletter |
| Liens against rental property to secure payment of utility services | June 2009 Newsletter |
| Proposed new laws affecting foreclosures against landlords | May 2009 Newsletter |
| Installation of cable television and over the air devices. | April 2009 Newsletter |
| Payment in full is Payment in full if you deposit it | March 2009 Newsletter |
| Screw the rent get a tattoo | February 2009 Newsletter |
| Service Animals | January 2009 Newsletter |
| Transfer of Security Deposits | December 2008 Newsletter |
| Civil Penalties for Bad Checks - Part 2 | November 2008 Newsletter |
| Negotiating Worthless Instruments - Part 1 | October 2008 Newsletter |
| Some people are not fit to be a landlord, nor a tenant | September 2008 Newsletter |
| May a landlord impose a “fuel/oil surcharge” during an ongoing tenancy? | June 2008 Newsletter |
| Dangerous conditions requiring minor repairs | May 2008 Newsletter |
| Heating Standards: | April 2008 Newsletter |
| Presumption of Retaliation | March 2008 Newsletter |
| Code violations, agents & owners | February 2008 Newsletter |
| Subletting and Assignment. | December 2007 Newsletter |
| More Newly Enacted Landlord/Tenant Laws | November 2007 Newsletter |
| New Law Requires Notice of Repairs in Older Buildings | October 2007 Newsletter |
| Practical tidbits | September 2007 Newsletter |
| Section 8 Subsidized Housing Program, and renting to subsidized tenants | June 2007 Newsletter |
| Section 8 Subsidized Housing - Part II of III The Fine Print | May 2007 Newsletter |
| Section 8 Subsidized Housing - Part I of III - An Overview | April 2007 Newsletter |
| General Assistance Vouchers | March 2007 Newsletter |
| Electric metering in common areas | February 2007 Newsletter |
| Access to premises; Title 14 § 6025. | January 2007 Newsletter |
| Access to premises; Title 14 § 6025. | December 2006 Newsletter |
| Security Deposits - Part III of III | November 2006 Newsletter |
| Security Deposits – Part II of III | October 2006 Newsletter |
| Security Deposits – Part I of III | September 2006 Newsletter |
| Left behind furnishings and other valuable personal property | June 2006 Newsletter |
| Residential Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statement | May 2006 Newsletter |
| Prosecute evictions in court without a lawyer | April 2006 Newsletter |
| Abandonment of the tenancy - an early termination of the lease | March 2006 Newsletter |