Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1165

  • Consumer: means the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, or the lessee, of a motor vehicle, any person to whom the motor vehicle is transferred during the duration of an express warranty applicable to the motor vehicle and any other person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty, except that the term "consumer" shall not include any governmental entity, or any business or commercial enterprise which registers 3 or more motor vehicles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1161
  • Manufacturer: means manufacturer, importer, distributor or anyone who is named as the warrantor on an express written warranty on a motor vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1161
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State-certified arbitration: means the informal dispute settlement procedure administered by the Department of the Attorney General which arbitrates consumer complaints dealing with new motor vehicles that may be so defective as to qualify for equitable relief under the Maine lemon laws. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1161
If a manufacturer has established an informal dispute settlement procedure which complies in all respects with the provisions of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 703, as from time to time amended, the provisions of section 1163, subsection 2, concerning refunds or replacement shall not apply to any consumer who has not first resorted to that procedure or to state-certified arbitration. This requirement shall be satisfied 40 days after notification to the informal dispute settlement procedure of the dispute or when the procedure’s duties under Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 703.5 (d), are completed, whichever occurs sooner. [PL 1989, c. 570, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1983, c. 145 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 220, §5 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 570, §4 (AMD).