With new, wider Lemon Law Maine car dealers are now ought to "be clear and conspicuous" when disclosing to buyers the potential purchase of a lemon vehicle from another state.
That's because "An Act To Improve the Protection for Buyers of Motor Vehicles from Vehicles Labeled Lemons in Other States" that was signed in April.
The bill becomes law 90 days after the Legislature adjourns.
States define "lemons" differently, but the term is generally used to describe a vehicle that's had major unresolved problems, despite several tries at fixing them, and that is returned to the manufacturer and resold to another customer.
Now, "anything stamped a lemon from any other part of the country, people will be notified of that," said Sen. Joseph Brannigan, D-Cumberland, lead sponsor of Maine's original lemon law and sponsor of the new legislation.
"I'm hoping any cars brought in here from flooded areas or other areas where they're declared a lemon, people will buy those only if they know exactly what they're buying," said Brannigan.
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