Room Rental Agreement in Maine

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Maine law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No statute — Maine's residential landlord-tenant chapters (14 M.R.S. chs. 709 and 710) contain no separate rule for a lodger or roomer in an owner's home. A person renting a room at will is generally a tenant at will entitled to 30 days' written notice and court process. Whether a particular room arrangement creates a tenancy depends on the facts. Source: 14 M.R.S. chs. 709, 710 (checked); § 6002
Tenancy at will	Either party ends a tenancy at will with at least 30 days' written notice (shorter, 7-day notices are allowed for causes such as substantial damage, nuisance, or rent 7 or more days late). A landlord's notice must tell the tenant they have the right to contest the termination in court. Once the tenancy ends, the tenant is subject to forcible entry and detainer without further notice. A tenant 7 or more days behind in rent who pays the full amount before a 7-day notice expires voids that notice. Source: 14 M.R.S. § 6002

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No statute — Maine's residential landlord-tenant chapters (14 M.R.S. chs. 709 and 710) contain no separate rule for a lodger or roomer in an owner's home. A person renting a room at will is generally a tenant at will entitled to 30 days' written notice and court process.

Whether a particular room arrangement creates a tenancy depends on the facts.

Source: 14 M.R.S. chs. 709, 710 (checked); § 6002

Tenancy at will

Either party ends a tenancy at will with at least 30 days' written notice (shorter, 7-day notices are allowed for causes such as substantial damage, nuisance, or rent 7 or more days late). A landlord's notice must tell the tenant they have the right to contest the termination in court. Once the tenancy ends, the tenant is subject to forcible entry and detainer without further notice.

A tenant 7 or more days behind in rent who pays the full amount before a 7-day notice expires voids that notice.

Source: 14 M.R.S. § 6002

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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