Rental Registration

Rental Registration Renewal Form

The Town has implemented an online application and fee paying system for the annual rental registration with an eye to making the process to make it as quick and efficient as possible for our property owners. The online rental registration renewal form is an abbreviated form of our rental registration application, while still allowing the Town to gather the information on rental properties that must be updated annually, as well as any changes to the property or to the property owner's contact information. 

FOR CURRENT RENTAL OWNERS REREGISTERING A PROPERTY 

Click here to Complete Your Online Rental Registration Renewal

FOR NEW PROPERTY OWNERS REGISTERING A PROPERTY FOR THE FIRST TIME 

Click Here to Complete the Rental Registration Initial Application

Once your registration has been received and deemed complete, you will be emailed information on your rental registration fee(s) and options for how to pay. PLEASE NOTE: You will not be able to pay your registration fee(s) until you have received the above email, which will include a link to a portal page where you can pay your fees online. If you have misplaced your email confirming that your fees are ready to be paid, you can also access the payment portal at the link below:

Click Here to Pay Your Rental Registration Fee

Local Agent Requirements

The Orono Town Council adopted an ordinance pertaining to all rental properties that affects owners whose place of residence or primary place of business is more than one hour’s driving time from Orono. Any rental property owner meeting the description of an “absentee owner” must hire a local agent, whose residence or business is located within the Town of Orono or an adjacent municipality, to oversee their property or properties.

The ordinance requires that the local agent hired meet the following criteria: 

• They must be available to respond to emergencies within the owner’s rental property on a 24-hour per day basis;
• Be authorized in a notarized statement signed by the owner and the local agent and on file at the Code Enforcement Office to enforce leases or other rental agreements with tenants; 
• Serve as a first point of contact, if necessary, for municipal public safety or code enforcement officials; and 
• Have one or more qualifications as a property manager, such as having a Realtor’s license, having a business in property management, having a business or history in a skilled trade related to construction, or other experience or qualifications deemed by the Code Enforcement Officer as meeting the intent of this section.

(Chapter 8, Article IV, Section 8.114)

Notarized statements can be provided to the Code Enforcement Office by mailing them to Orono Code Enforcement, 59 Main St, Orono, ME 04473 or submitting them via email so long as the notary’s seal is clearly visible on the scanned image. If you are required to submit a notarized statement, your rental registration will not be considered complete without submitting your statement to the Code Office by the rental registration deadline on August 15 of the given year. 

If you would like to review the amended ordinance, it is available online. If you do not have access to a computer please contact our office at 207-889-6909 and we would be happy to provide you with a paper copy. 

If you have any questions about the new ordinance, or whether you are considered an absentee owner, please contact our office at 207-889-6909 or jchadbourne@orono.org for assistance.

To assist with the notarized statement requirement, Town Staff have created a Local Agent Designation Form that homeowners can fill out and provide to their notary of choice. Once notarized this document can be emailed to town staff or mailed to the Orono Town Office at 59 Main St, Orono, ME 04473. 

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Current rental owners will still receive an explanatory packet in the mail at the address on file, as we do every year, containing instructions on how to locate the renewal form and complete the registration process.

If you are a new rental property owner, or an owner who is planning to rent your property for the first time, you can contact Jessica Chadbourne in the Office of Community Development at 207-889-6909 or jchadbourne@orono.org for more information on the Rental Registration program.