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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 162 (2026)

No estate greater than tenancy at will unless by writing

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There can be no estate created in lands greater than a tenancy at will, and no estate in them can be granted, assigned or surrendered unless by some writing signed by the grantor or maker or his attorney.  
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1974–1988 · leading case: Town of York v. Cragin, 541 A.2d 932 (Me. 1988).
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Town of York v. Cragin, 541 A.2d 932 (Me. 1988). · cites it 2× “1987); 33 M.R.S.A. § 162 (1988), and "can be expected to develop a sense of territorial imperative.”
Perreault v. Parker, 490 A.2d 203 (Me. 1985). · cites it 2× “See 33 M.R.S.A. § 162 (1978); State v. Fin & Feather Club, 316 A.”
State v. Fin & Feather Club, 316 A.2d 351 (Me. 1974). “See now 33 M.R.S.A. § 162. These cases have no bearing on a case, such as the present one, where a periodic tenancy was created by written instrument.”
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