Car-insurance requirements in Maine (2026)
Maine requires 50/100/25 in the usual shorthand plus medical payments cover, putting it in the small group of states whose statutory floor is genuinely high rather than nominal.
- Minimum liability limits
- 50/100/25
- Fault system
- At-fault (tort)
- Tort threshold
- not applicable
- Restricted rating factors
- none found
What the statute requires
| Coverage | Amount | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodily injury liability, per person | $50,000 | required | 29-A M.R.S. §1605 |
| Bodily injury liability, per accident | $100,000 | required | 29-A M.R.S. §1605 |
| Property damage liability | $25,000 | required | 29-A M.R.S. §1605 |
Source of record: the legislature’s own statute text, corroborated against the state insurance department or motor-vehicle agency. Verification status: primary text confirmed.
How old is this minimum?
Our committed statutory record for Maine does not carry the date its current limits took effect, so no real-terms restatement is shown. We will not deflate from a year we have not read in the statute or its enacting bill. The limits themselves are confirmed against primary text; only the commencement date is missing.
What the property-damage minimum leaves exposed
A $42,000 property-damage claim against Maine’s minimum of $25,000 leaves $17,000 above the limit. That difference is the at-fault driver’s own exposure. The claim figure is an illustration; the limit is the statute.
Rating rules in Maine
| Factor | Status | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| Credit information | No restriction found | — |
| Gender | No restriction found | — |
| ZIP code | No restriction found | — |
| Rating territory | No restriction found | — |
| Age | No restriction found | — |
| Marital status | No restriction found | — |
| Occupation | No restriction found | — |
| Education | No restriction found | — |
The same factor across every jurisdiction: credit-based rating by state, gender rating by state, age rating by state, marital-status rating by state, occupation and education rating by state, zip code and territory rating by state.
Premium data for Maine
No regulator-published premium data exists for Maine
Maine’s insurance department does not publish a per-insurer premium comparison, so this site shows no premium figures for Maine at all. We will not substitute a figure from a quote engine, a trade body or a national aggregate: none of those is a published record of what insurers filed in Maine.
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Maine — minimum limits 50/100/25
| Coverage | Amount | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodily injury liability, per person | $50,000 | required | 29-A M.R.S. §1605 |
| Bodily injury liability, per accident | $100,000 | required | 29-A M.R.S. §1605 |
| Property damage liability | $25,000 | required | 29-A M.R.S. §1605 |
Fault system: At-fault (tort).
General information, not insurance, financial or legal advice. Requirements change; verify with your state insurance department or the statute before acting.
Questions about Maine
- What is the minimum car insurance required in Maine?
- Maine requires liability limits of 50/100/25 under 29-A M.R.S. §1605.
- Is Maine a no-fault state?
- Maine operates at-fault (tort).
- What does car insurance cost in Maine?
- No regulator publishes premium data for Maine, so this site shows no premium figures for Maine. We do not substitute a figure from a quote engine or a national aggregate.
Statutory records for Maine last verified against primary sources on 10 August 2026. Price level for the real-terms restatement: June 2026, all-items index 333.952. Every figure on this page is recomputed from committed data at build time.