Please be advised that as of October 31, 2009, the following Maine Law has become effective:
Maine law, Chapter 162 (LD 550): An Act to Protect Maine Residents from Home Fires and Carbon Monoxide, will require a new buyer certification form at real estate closings. Chapter 162 creates new requirements relating to the installation of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in all single-family and multifamily dwellings, multiapartment buildings and rental units. Of particular importance to settlement agents is a requirement that, after October 31, 2009, a person who acquires by sale or exchange a single-family dwelling or multiapartment building must certify at the closing of the transaction that the single-family dwelling or multiapartment building is provided with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors which meet the requirements of the new law.
Once again Signature is ahead of the game, providing us with info needed to help make our closings go well. Thanks – Signature!!
Comment by Gayle Markham — October 29, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
Very helpful. Thanks for the update.
Comment by Geri Botelho — October 29, 2009 @ 4:14 pm