APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 29, 2025 143
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 379 - L.D. 611
An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor
Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1484, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 627, §33, is
further amended to read:
A. The excise tax on a motor vehicle owned by an individual resident of this State
must be paid in the place where the owner resides. If the individual resident of this
State does not have a residing place, the excise tax may be paid directly to the Secretary
of State if:
(1) The motor vehicle was previously registered in this State to the individual
resident;
(2) The Secretary of State confirms with the municipality where the individual
resides that the municipality refused to receive the excise tax of the individual who
does not have a residing place; and
(3) The individual resident holds a license pursuant to Title 29-A, section 1251.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 143: 36.1484