Selling your home without an agent inMaine

33 M.R.S. § 173, opening paragraph

Unless a § 172 exemption applies, a Maine seller of residential real property must provide the purchaser a property disclosure statement containing the information required by § 173.

33 M.R.S. § 173(5)

A covered Maine property disclosure statement must disclose any known defects.

33 M.R.S. § 173(7)

A covered Maine disclosure must include the flood-risk information specified in § 173(7), including mapped hazard and seller-ownership-history items.

33 M.R.S. § 173(8)

For a covered Maine property, § 173(8) requires detailed information about specified notices, enforcement, litigation, judgments, and agreements related to an applicable shoreland zoning ordinance.

33 M.R.S. § 174(2)

If the Maine disclosure is delivered after the offer, the purchaser may terminate the resulting contract or withdraw the offer within 72 hours after receipt.

42 U.S.C. § 4851b(27)

Federal lead-disclosure law generally defines target housing as housing constructed before 1978, subject to the statutory elderly, disability, zero-bedroom, child-occupancy, and jurisdiction-specific exceptions.

42 U.S.C. § 4852d(a)(1)(B)

Before a purchaser or lessee is contractually obligated for target housing, the seller or lessor must disclose known lead-based paint or hazards and provide available lead-hazard evaluation reports.

42 U.S.C. § 4852d(a)(1)(C)

For a target-housing sale, the seller must permit the purchaser a 10-day lead risk-assessment or inspection period unless the parties mutually agree to a different period.

Article 16, § 16.5.10(B)

Applies in Portland city

The public-meeting sign for Board review must be posted at least 10 days before the workshop or hearing and removed no more than three days afterward.

Article 16, § 16.5.13(A)

Applies in Portland city

A Portland historic-preservation approval generally expires if authorized work has not begun and a building permit for it has not issued within three years of the initial approval date.

Article 16, § 16.3.6(A)

Applies in Portland city

Portland subjects buildings, structures, objects, and sites within a historic-designation boundary to Article 16 after designation.

Article 16, § 16.5.1

Applies in Portland city

For property within a Portland historic-designation boundary, Article 16 requires historic-preservation approval before covered new construction, additions, exterior or site alterations, signage, or relocation, and makes that approval a prerequisite to a permit authorizing the work.

Article 16, § 16.5.1(A)

Applies in Portland city

Article 16 exempts ordinary upkeep or repair that does not change design, material, or outer appearance, including the listed repainting and in-kind-replacement examples.

Article 16, § 16.5.1(M)

Applies in Portland city

Article 16 lists interior work of any kind as exempt from historic-preservation approval under § 16.5.1.

Article 16, § 16.5.10(A)

Applies in Portland city

An applicant whose historic-preservation application requires Board review is responsible for posting a public-meeting notice sign on the development property.

Article 16, § 16.5.2(A)

Applies in Portland city

Portland routes historic-preservation applications to administrative or Historic Preservation Board review according to Table 16-A.