Maine

Identity Theft in Maine

• Identity theft Law - Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, § 354-2A
  Theft by Deception
  http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec354.html

• Identity theft Law - Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, § 905A
  Misuse of Identitfication
  http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec905-A.html
   
• Data Breach Law - LD1671
  http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ID=280017964
   
• Spam Law - Section 1497. 
  www.spamlaws.com/state/me.shtml

Credit Freeze Law in Maine

• Freeze Law - 10 MRSA §1313-C:
  http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280015326&LD=581&Type=1&SessionID=6

• Effective date: Feb. 1, 2006.
• Applies to all consumers
• Fees: No fees on ID theft victims who provide a police report. Others pay up
  to $10 to place, remove, temporarily suspend, or have PIN reissued, and $12
  to lift for a specific creditor.
• for instructions on how to place a security freeze in Maine:
  www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityME.pdf

Contacts in Maine

• Attorney General: G. Steven Rowe (D)
  State House Station 6, Augusta, ME 04333
  Phone: (207) 626-8800
  Website: www.state.me.us/ag
  

• Maine Office of Consumer Credit Regulation
  35 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04330-0035
  Phone: (207) 624-8527
  Toll Free consumer line (Maine only) 1-800-332-8529 

• Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles
  29 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333
  Phone207-624-9000 ext 52144 (report lost/stolen license)
  Website: www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/index.html