Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 1601-108 (2026)

Supplemental general principles of law applicable

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The principles of law and equity, including the law of corporations and unincorporated associations, the law of real property and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, eminent domain, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, receivership, substantial performance or other validated or invalidating cause supplement the provisions of this Act, except to the extent inconsistent with this Act.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]
No consent or joinder of the spouse of a unit owner shall be required for any action of the unit owner required or permitted under this Act, except that in a case of a conveyance or transfer of a unit, the law of Maine relating to the rights of a spouse in real estate shall apply to such conveyance or transfer.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: Vitorino Am. v. Sunspray Condo. Ass'n.
Vitorino Am. v. Sunspray Condo. Ass'n (Me. 2013). “supplement the provisions of this Act, except to the extent inconsistent with this Act,” 33 M.R.S. § 1601-108 (2012).”
Charles R. Maples v. Compass Harbor Vill. Condo. Ass'n (Me. 2025). “(orally), Winterport, for appellees Compass Harbor Village Condominium Association and Compass Harbor Village, LLC Business and Consumer Docket docket number CIV-2021-2 FOR CLERK REFERENCE ONLY compel obedience to turnover or sale orders.”
The Vill. at Ocean's End Condo. Ass'n v. Sw. Harbor Props. LLC (Me. 2025). “” 33 M.R.S. § 1601-108 (2025). The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has described development rights reserved by the 11 declarant as creating a defeasible fee interest in the common elements of a condominium.”
Am. v. Yamartino (Me. Super. Ct 2012). “33 M.R.S. § 1601-108. To summarize, the Plaintiff does not have the right to bring a "shareholder derivative action" per se under the Maine Condominium Act and the Maine Nonprofit Corporation Act, because neither act provides for such a remedy (and the court declines to imply it…”
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