Late fee laws in Maine

[Brett Jones]

So as I understand it, in the state of Maine a tenant needs to be 15 days past due on rent for it to be considered "late" before a late fee can be added to the rent. 

https://ptla.org/rights-maine-renters-paying-rent

What I'm unsure of is if this is for a Tenant at Will only, or if the tenant has signed a lease with a different arrangement, does the lease apply?

Any guidance from a Maine property manager would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Andrew Magoun]

@Brett Jones, is the late paying tenant a good tenant otherwise? If so, it might be worth it to put up with rent coming in late. I have a tenant who consistently pays around the 10th. So they’re always late, but not late enough to trigger the late fee. While it’s definitely frustrating to have to wait that long for rent, the tenant is otherwise awesome. We almost never hear a thing from them, and when we do it’s not their fault (like there was a leak in their bathroom ceiling because the upstairs tenant left the water running and it over flowed). So all in all it’s cheaper and less hassel to keep the good tenant who pays a bit late than to evict them (or even threaten them with eviction). That said, these are awesome tenants so probably not the norm.