Maine
What Maine law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | 14 M.R.S. § 6033 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Department of Labor takes the complaint, and Maine applies an unusual rule about who handles it: in wage cases jurisdiction goes to whichever authority offers the worker the most protection, which means the one with the highest enforceable minimum wage. Where a city has set its own higher minimum, the state will refer you to that city's enforcement office.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection licenses debt collectors in Maine and takes the complaint. It is a licensing regulator that also runs compliance examinations, so a complaint here lands somewhere that already has a file on the company. Licences run for a year and expire on 31 December, which means an unlicensed collector is a check anyone can make.↗ | 32 M.R.S. § 11013 |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than 180, and the Maine Human Rights Commission is the reason: the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on whether a state agency has authority over the same conduct, and here one does. Its own deadline is the same 300 days from the date of the discrimination. Both clocks end on the same day, and filing with either office is free.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | 14 M.R.S. § 752 |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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