Return security deposit with itemized statement within 21 days of move-out. Maine law (14 M.R.S. 6033 and 6034) requires returning the full deposit, or providing a written statement itemizing what is kept together with the balance, within 21 days after a tenancy at will ends and the unit is surrendered or within the time set in a written lease (never more than 30 days), and a landlord who misses the deadline forfeits the right to keep any of it and can owe double the amount wrongfully withheld plus attorney fees and court costs.
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