Maine door-to-door soliciting rules

Home solicitation sales: 32 M.R.S. § 4662 "Contents of contract", § 4663 "Consumer's right of avoidance" and § 4664 "Notice" (Ch. 69 "Vendors", Subchapter 5 "Consumer Solicitation Sales"; "merchandise" includes services and intangibles, § 4661(2); a sale is for cash or on credit, § 4661(4); excludes a price under 25 dollars and sales regulated under 9-A §§ 3-501 to 3-507, § 4668(1)); and 9-A M.R.S. § 3-501 "Definition: “Home solicitation sale”" and § 3-502 "Buyer's right to cancel" (Maine Consumer Credit Code, Art. 3, Part 5; consumer credit sales), read October 30, 2026

§ 4663 (scope): "upon the consumer other than at the seller's place of business, without the consumer soliciting the initial contact or sale" · § 4663 (right): "the consumer may void the contract or sale by giving notice of his intention not to be bound by the contract or sale" · § 4664: "within 3 full business days following the day on which the contract or sale was made" · 9-A § 3-501: "“Home solicitation sale” means a consumer credit sale of goods, other than farm equipment, or services in which the seller or a person acting for the seller" (continues: "engages in a personal solicitation of the sale at a residence of the buyer") · 9-A § 3-502(1): "the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement"

Transient merchants and peddlers: 32 M.R.S. § 14701 "Definitions" (subsecs. 4 "Merchandise" and 8 "Transient seller of consumer merchandise"), § 14702 "Licensure" and § 14703 "Licenses" (Ch. 128 "Regulation of Transient Sales", Subchapter 2 "Transient Sellers of Consumer Merchandise"; license from the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, § 14708 fee up to 300 dollars and a security deposit of 10,000 dollars or anticipated yearly gross revenues in the State, whichever is less, waivable under § 14709; § 14711(1)(A) license expires when the licensee establishes a permanent place of business); also Subchapter 1 "Door-to-Door Home Repair Transient Sellers", § 14504 "License required" (a separate license for door-to-door sellers of home repair services), read October 30, 2026

§ 14701(8): "“Transient seller of consumer merchandise” or “transient seller” means any person who engages in the business of selling merchandise to consumers by means of personal contact or telephone contact" (continues: "who does not have, for the purposes of carrying on such business, any permanent place of business within this State") · § 14701(4): "includes any objects, wares, goods, promises, commodities, intangibles, services or other things of value" · § 14702(1): "must apply to the department and acquire a license in the manner set forth in section 14706 before engaging in sales of consumer merchandise in this State" · § 14504(1): "A transient seller of home repair services must be licensed by the department and acquire a door-to-door sales license"