Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9090 – Municipal foreclosure; unlicensed manufactured housing communities
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9090
- Inhabitant: means a person having an established residence in a place. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Manufactured housing: means a structural unit or units designed to be used as a dwelling or dwellings and constructed in a manufacturing facility and then transported by the use of its own chassis or placement on an independent chassis to a building site. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9002
- Manufactured housing community: means a parcel or adjoining parcel of land, under single ownership, that has been planned and improved for the placement of 3 or more manufactured homes, but does not include a construction camp. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9081
- Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality that, as a result of the nonpayment of property taxes, forecloses and takes possession of real estate on which is located an unlicensed manufactured housing community may, if the municipality determines the manufactured housing community poses a risk to public health, welfare or safety, close the manufactured housing community and, with at least 30 days’ prior written notice, evict the inhabitants of the community. A municipality that takes possession of real estate on which is located an unlicensed manufactured housing community does not enter a landlord and tenant relationship with any inhabitant of the community and is not subject to the provisions of chapter 953 or any other laws governing relations between a landlord and tenant. This section does not apply to a municipality that is or becomes the licensed operator of the manufactured housing community. [PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. B, §38 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 203, §1 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. B, §38 (AMD).