Maine Revised Statutes Title 33. Property § 589-B. Membership camping contract brokers; fees; escrow accounts; disclosures to new purchaser; notice of cancellation to purchaser

A. The risks of purchasing a membership camping contract without visiting at least one of the membership camping operator's parks;

B. That the membership camping operator may have a valid reason for not transferring the contract to the new purchaser, such as the new purchaser may be in default in payments on contract or annual dues or that the new purchaser does not meet the same credit standards applied to other new purchasers;

C. That there may have been changes in the rules concerning the rights and obligations of the membership camping operator or its members, including changes with respect to annual dues, fees or assessments or that some camping properties or facilities may have been withdrawn; and

D. Any material changes or risks to the purchaser known to the broker.

A. If the broker fails to return the full amount of any payment or down payment made or consideration given within the 20-day period as described in subsection 4, it shall be presumed that the broker is willfully and wrongfully retaining the payment, down payment or other consideration.

B. The willful retention of a payment, down payment or other consideration in violation of this subchapter shall render the broker liable for double the amount of that portion of the payment, down payment or other consideration wrongfully withheld from the purchaser, together with reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

C. In any court action brought by a purchaser under this section, the broker shall bear the burden of proving that his withholding of the payment, down payment or other consideration, or any portion of it, was not wrongful.