The Attorney General’s Consumer Mediation Service is a free service to Maine consumers who have a dispute with a business. The Service provides information to consumers about their rights under the law and offers a free mediation service to help resolve specific disputes. This Service also helps the Attorney General’s Office monitor the types of problems consumers are having around the State, putting us in a better position to protect Maine consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices.

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Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Wins Appeals Court Ruling Against HUD Over Housing-Assistance Programs

AUGUSTA – In a decisive win for Maine and other states, a federal appeals court rejected the federal government’s request to impose harmful restrictions on grant funding that allows tens of thousands of formerly homeless people across the country to remain in stable housing. 

If you would like to file a complaint about a business, please use our online service.

If you would like to file a complaint about a business, please use our online service.

If you would like to file a complaint about a business, please use our online service.

This guide provides information for Mainers when being solicited for charitable contributions. If you would like to file a complaint about a charity involving misappropriation of funds, fraudulent or misleading solicitation, or breaches of trust, please use our online file a complaint about a charity service.

This guide describes laws and rules that govern advertising for consumer goods and services. For additional information about vehicle advertising, please see the Attorney General's rules about advertising vehicle sales.

This guide will briefly discuss several topics in which older people and those who care for them have a particular interest. In some cases, these topics are treated in greater detail elsewhere on this site.

In Maine, sellers are required to make specific disclosures to buyers regarding residential property.[i] This includes information relating to a home’s water supply, heating system, waste disposal system, the presence of any hazardous materials (such as asbestos, lead paint, and radon), whether the home is located within a flood hazard area or experienced any flood events

Here you will find information on home fuel pricing and delivery. If you are looking for information about vehicle fuel pricing, please see Gasoline Prices.