Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Maine

Re: eviction notice commercial property

Generally speaking, there is little you can do to stop the landlord from eventually forcing you to leave your rented apartment, or house. If you are a tenant at will, that is someone who does not have a written lease, the landlord can evict you with thirty days written notice21 If you do have a lease, he cannot evict you until the lease expires, unless you have broken a significant lease term and the lease itself states that violation of that term is a breach of the lease.22

In most situations, if you do not have a written lease (e.g., you pay week to week or month to month), the landlord must give you a full thirty-day written notice before requiring you to leave the apartment. A seven-day written notice23 may be used only for one of the following reasons:

A. You have caused substantial damage to the apartment;

B. You have committed a �nuisance� or crime on the premises; or

C. You are seven days or more behind in rent.