Find out who to contact and how to contact them if you need something fixed at your home. The landlord may want you to contact maintenance directly, or they may want you to put a request in through a website online, or they may have a different way. Some places have a maintenance person in charge of fixing things, but others do not.
Make sure you ask the landlord who to contact if you need something fixed. Find out how they want you to contact them in case of an emergency. Write down their phone number and mailing address. Make sure you get the landlord’s contact information. How can you get in touch with the landlord? For late fees, rent is only considered late if it is not paid within 15 days of the due date.Your landlord can’t charge you a late fee unless it is in your lease or rental agreement.The maximum late fee in Maine is 4% of the monthly rent.If you share the rent, remember that the landlord can charge you for all of the rent if your roommates don't pay their share. Will they come pick it up? Do you have to drop it off somewhere? If you pay cash they have to give you a receipt. How much is the rent?ĭoes the landlord want you to pay monthly or weekly? Find out when and how the landlord wants you to pay. You have the right to ask about anything you don’t understand, so ask questions.
Read the lease or rental agreement carefully before you sign anything or give the person money. But if there is a lease or rental agreement, both you and the landlord have to follow what it says. You have rights as a renter under Maine law even if you don’t have a lease. Here’s Pine Tree Legal’s checklist of questions to ask about any house, apartment, or mobile home you might rent: Rental Checklist Lease or Rental Agreement Is there a lease? If you live outside of Maine and are looking for help or information, try the LSC Legal Aid Finder or search for rights of tenants or renters in your state. Each state has different laws protecting renters - this article only covers the law in the state of Maine. Accordingly, “the procedural implementation of MCL 767.44 assures that the defendant will have notice in advance of trial of the factual basis underlying the alleged offense.” Johnson, 427 Mich at 110.This article talks about the rights of renters in Maine. “Once a bill of particulars is supplied, a defendant has a right ‘to have the trial confined to the particulars set up therein.’” Id. at 110, quoting People v Ept, 299 Mich 324, 326 (1941). Īccordingly, “hen a statutory short-form information is used, the defendant has a statutory right to a bill of particulars, while when the common law long-form of information is used, the trial court may in its discretion order a bill of particulars.” People v Johnson, 427 Mich 98, 109-110 (1986). murdered C.D.” the statutory short form for manslaughter is “A.B. For example, the statutory short form for murder is “A.B. People v Strutenski, 39 Mich App 72, 73 (1972). MCR 6.112(E) provides that “he court, on motion, may order the prosecutor to provide the defendant a bill of particulars describing the essential facts of the alleged offense.” However, MCL 767.44 requires a bill of particulars “if seasonably requested by the respondent” MCL 767.44 provides “statutory short forms” that may be used in the bill of particulars.