Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Action Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the ‘Guide’, some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

Listings for the City of Augusta

These are the results for consumer specific consumer resources for ME. The listing is grouped by primary service category, then sorted alphabetically.

Attorneys General

• Maine - Attorney General
  The Maine Consumer Protection Division enforces state antitrust and consumer protection laws, including the mini-Sherman Act, the state merger statute, and the Unfair Trade Practices Act. The Division also discharges the Attorney General’s mandate to oversee charities, and is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the unauthorized practice of law. (Augusta, ME)
  

Auto

• Maine - Bureau of Motor Vehicles
  The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles serves the residents of the State and all users of Maine highways by qualifying and licensing drivers and by maintaining records of driver history, vehicle ownership and vehicle registration. Through the collection of the licensing and registration fees associated with these services, the BMV also provides revenue to build and maintain Maine’s highways. (Augusta, ME)
  
• Maine - Bureau of Motor Vehicles
  The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles serves the residents of the State and all users of Maine highways by qualifying and licensing drivers and by maintaining records of driver history, vehicle ownership and vehicle registration. Through the collection of the licensing and registration fees associated with these services, the BMV also provides revenue to build and maintain Maine’s highways. (Augusta, ME)
  

Banking Authorities

• Maine - Bureau of Financial Institutions
  The Bureau of Financial Institutions supervises all state-chartered financial institutions including banks, credit unions, and non-depository trust companies. The Bureau maintains and promotes safe and sound financial practices; strength, stability and efficiency of financial institutions; security of deposit and share funds; reasonable and orderly competition; and development and expansion of financial services advantageous to the public welfare. (Augusta, ME)
  
• Maine - Office of Securities
  The Office of Securities protects Maine investors by investigating and prosecuting violations of the securities laws; licensing broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives; and reviewing registration statements and exemption filings for securities issuers that are seeking to sell in Maine. (Augusta, ME)
  

Consumer Protection

• Maine - Attorney General
  The Maine Consumer Protection Division enforces state antitrust and consumer protection laws, including the mini-Sherman Act, the state merger statute, and the Unfair Trade Practices Act. The Division also discharges the Attorney General’s mandate to oversee charities, and is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the unauthorized practice of law. (Augusta, ME)
  
• Maine - Bureau of Insurance
  The Bureau of Insurance is committed to making consumers aware of their rights and assisting them with complaints and questions about their insurance coverage. (Augusta, ME)
  
• Maine - Office of Securities
  The Office of Securities protects Maine investors by investigating and prosecuting violations of the securities laws; licensing broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives; and reviewing registration statements and exemption filings for securities issuers that are seeking to sell in Maine. (Augusta, ME)
  

Insurance

• Maine - Bureau of Insurance
  The Bureau of Insurance is committed to making consumers aware of their rights and assisting them with complaints and questions about their insurance coverage. (Augusta, ME)
  

Insurance Regulators

• Maine - Bureau of Insurance
  The Bureau of Insurance is committed to making consumers aware of their rights and assisting them with complaints and questions about their insurance coverage. (Augusta, ME)
  

Investing

• Maine - Office of Securities
  The Office of Securities protects Maine investors by investigating and prosecuting violations of the securities laws; licensing broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives; and reviewing registration statements and exemption filings for securities issuers that are seeking to sell in Maine. (Augusta, ME)
  

Investor Protection

• Maine - Office of Securities
  The Office of Securities protects Maine investors by investigating and prosecuting violations of the securities laws; licensing broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives; and reviewing registration statements and exemption filings for securities issuers that are seeking to sell in Maine. (Augusta, ME)
  

Weights and Measures Offices

• Maine - Weights and Measures Office
  Weights and Measures inspections maintain uniformity where weighing and measuring forms the basis for payment in commercial transactions within the State of Maine, by testing and evaluating weighing and measuring devices, by investigating cases of fraud, and by providing training, supervision and calibration services to municipalities which have local Weights and Measures Sealers. Provides traceability of the State's Measurement Standards to the National Standards and… (Augusta, ME)