About This Site

Mainely Used Cars is a reference site about the process of buying a used car in the state of Maine — the paperwork, the taxes, the inspections, and the consumer protections that apply along the way. It exists because the information is scattered: title rules live at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, excise tax lives with Maine Revenue Services and your town office, the Buyers Guide sticker is a federal FTC requirement, and lemon-law rights sit with the Attorney General. This site pulls the process together into short guides and links each one back to the official source so you can verify it.

It's written for ordinary Maine buyers — first-car shoppers, people relocating to the state, and anyone facing their first private-party purchase.

An honest note on what this is: every page here is reviewed reference material, not professional advice. We summarize how public processes work and cite the agencies that run them, but we are not lawyers, mechanics, or state officials. For decisions about a specific vehicle, contract, or dispute, rely on the BMV, the Maine Attorney General's consumer division, or a professional you hire — the guides will tell you which one handles what.