{"data":{"id":"us-me/10-m.r.s.-1272-b","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"10 M.R.S. §1272-B","heading":"Refusal to provide social security number","body":"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.\n2.  Exemptions.  This section does not apply to:\nA.  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;\nB.  A supervised lender as defined in Title 9‑A, section 1‑301;\nC.  A supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9‑A, section 1‑301;\nD.  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;\nE.  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;\nF.  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;\nG.  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;\nH.  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\nI.  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.","path":["TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE","PART 3: REGULATION OF TRADE","CHAPTER 208-A: PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/10/title10sec1272-B.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:24Z","sha256":"9b6635de2151195dea559936d71331a543350dd9ea524f6e279aba254de3283c","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/10-m.r.s.-1272-a","next":"us-me/10-m.r.s.-1273"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}