Maine Code § 10-1272-B

Refusal to provide social security number
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1. No denial of goods or services. Except as otherwise provided in federal or state law, a person,
corporation or other entity may not deny goods or services to an individual because the individual
refuses to provide a social security number.
[PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
2. Exemptions. This section does not apply to:
A. A person, corporation or other entity requesting disclosure of the social security number to
obtain a consumer report for any purpose permitted under the Fair Credit Reporting Act or the
United States Fair Credit Reporting Act; [PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
B. A supervised lender as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
C. A supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [PL 2003, c. 512,
§1 (NEW).]
D. An affiliate or subsidiary of a supervised lender as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301 or of a
supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [PL 2003, c. 512, §1
(NEW).]
E. A person, corporation or other entity that provides goods or services to the individual on behalf
of or in conjunction with a supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301;
[PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]

F. A person, corporation or other entity engaged in the business of insurance and all acts necessary
or incidental to that business including insurance applications, enrollment, coverage and claims;
[PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
G. A person, corporation or other entity if the social security number is used in conjunction with
the provision of and billing for health care or pharmaceutical-related services, including the
issuance of identification cards and account numbers for users of health care or pharmaceutical-
related services; [PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
H. A person, corporation or other entity if the social security number is used in conjunction with a
background check of the individual conducted by a landlord, lessor, employer or volunteer service
organization; or [PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
I. A person, corporation or other entity if the social security number is necessary to verify the
identity of the individual to effect, administer or enforce a specific transaction requested or
authorized by the individual or to prevent fraud. [PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW).]

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