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Most land uses are subject to regulation of Maine's Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act when they are
within how many feet of a river, wetland, lake, or ocean? - ✔✔-250 feet
Most land uses are subject to regulation of Maine's Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act when they are
within how many feet of certain streams? - ✔✔-75 feet
The Shoreland Zoning Act is regulated by whom? - ✔✔-Each municipality and enforced by the local Code
Enforcement Officer
In order for a single family residential property to have a subsurface waste disposal system, what is the
minimum square footage for the property size? - ✔✔-20,000 sq. feet
If a single family residential property abuts a river, stream, lake, pond or tidal area, it must have at least
how much water frontage? - ✔✔-100 feet minimum
Who is responsible for inspecting and certifying shoreland properties in organized and established
towns in Maine? - ✔✔-The Local Plumbing Inspector
Which type of agency is the most commonly practiced in Maine? - ✔✔-Appointed agency
When a licensee is an affiliated agent of a brokerage agency that practices appointed agency, must he or
she notify a client of dual agency? - ✔✔-No, because that agency practices appointed agency and they
are appointed agents to the client.
, When a brokerage agency does not practice appointed agency, must the licensee notify a client of dual
agency? - ✔✔-Yes, because there is no appointed agency, and licensees represent all clients, notice of
dual agency must be given and signed for both seller and buyer clients.
What form must be provided to the consumer at the first substantive communication, face-to-face, in
writing, via e-mail or by any other electronic communication, regarding a real estate transaction
involving a residential one to four unit dwelling? - ✔✔-Real Estate Brokerage Relationships Form, also
known as Form #3
Must the consumer sign Form #3, The Real Estate Brokerage Relationship Form? - ✔✔-No, the Maine
Real Estate Commission does not require the consumer's signature on this form.
The following must be included in what type of Brokerage Contract? The signature of the client to be
charged
• The terms and conditions of the brokerage services to be provided • The method or amount of
compensation to be paid
• The date upon which the agreement will expire
• A statement that the agreement creates an agency-client relationship - ✔✔-A Brokerage Contract with
a seller
In Maine, the Carryover Clause caps extending a real estate brokerage agency's right to a fee following
expiration of the brokerage agreement at how many months? - ✔✔-6 months
Real Estate is defined as: - ✔✔-Land and all appurtenances attached to the land.
An appurtenance is defined as: - ✔✔-Buildings, trees, and rights (such as air rights to the portion of the
neighbor's tree that overhangs your yard, or an easement ("right of way") over a path to the lakefront).
Appurtenances run with the land, and therefore transfer with the transfer of title and sale of the
property.
A freehold estate is when, - ✔✔-someone has an ownership interest in a property.
Present freehold estate means - ✔✔-ownership interest is now