Security deposit, gift card cash back, and final paycheck law for Maine — each rule with its statute citation and the date it was verified.
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Security deposit
Your landlord had 30 days under a written lease; 21 days for a tenancy at will to return your deposit or list the deductions in writing. If they were late or kept it wrongly, a court can make them pay up to twice what they wrongly kept, plus costs and fees.
Return deadline30 days under a written lease; 21 days for a tenancy at will
If the landlord is late or keeps it wronglyForfeiture of the right to withhold, and up to twice the amount wrongfully withheld for wrongful retention, plus court costs and attorney fees
deadline_days records the written-lease deadline; tenancy-at-will deadline is 21 days.
Gift card cash back
If you use your gift card in person and less than $5 is left, you can ask for that money in cash.
Cash backless than $5 remains after an in-person redemption
The ruleIf a gift obligation is redeemed in person and a balance of less than $5 remains following redemption, at the consumer request the merchant must refund the balance in cash.
Verified from legislature.maine.gov text, § 2067 subsec. 6 (2019 recodification; the rule previously sat in § 1953). Does not apply to a gift obligation with an initial value of $5 or less.
Final paycheck
Your final pay is due on the next regular payday, and never more than 2 weeks after you demand it in writing.
If firedNext regular payday, and in any event within 2 weeks after a written demand
If you quitNext regular payday, and in any event within 2 weeks after a written demand
Late-pay penaltyCivil forfeiture of $100 to $500 for each day of failure, plus an amount equal to the unpaid wages as liquidated damages, plus costs and attorney fees (§ 626-A)