Title 14

The appraisers may be sworn by the officer without fee or by a dedimus justice, faithfully and impartially to appraise the real estate to be taken, and a certificate of the oath shall be made, stating the date of its administration on the back of the execution by the person who a…

The appraisers shall in a return made and signed by them on the back of the execution, or annexed thereto, state the value of the estate appraised, and describe it by metes and bounds, or in such other manner that it may be distinctly known and identified, whatever the nature of …

When several parcels of land are taken, they may be appraised separately or together. When taken at different times, there may be different sets of appraisers. A levy is valid when the return is signed by 2 of the appraisers, the other appearing to have been sworn and to have act…

The officer, in his return on the execution, shall state substantially the time when the land was taken on execution; how the appraisers were appointed; that they were duly sworn; that they appraised and set off the premises, after viewing the same, at the price specified; that h…

Estates tail shall be taken, appraised and held as estates in fee simple.

The whole or part of an estate held in joint tenancy or in common may be taken to satisfy an execution, in the same manner as other real estate is now taken and held in common, but the whole estate must be described and the share owned by the debtor must be stated.

All the debtor's estate, interest or share in the premises, whether held in tail, reversion, remainder, for life, years or otherwise, passes by a levy, unless it is larger than the estate mentioned in the appraisers' return.

When the estate cannot be described as provided in section 2003, the execution may be levied on its rents and profits, and the officer may give seizin thereof to the creditor, and cause a person in possession to become tenant to him or, on his refusal, may turn him out and give p…

When the premises consist of a mill, mill privilege or other estate more than sufficient to satisfy the execution, which cannot be divided by metes and bounds without damage to the whole, an undivided part of it may be taken and the whole described, or it may be levied on as prov…

A levy may be made on an estate for life as on other real estate, and its value appraised; or it may be made on its rents and profits, and an appraisement of them made for a term of time, if the life so long continues, computing interest on the execution, and deducting the rents …

When the levy is made on the whole of an estate under lease, the rent shall be paid to the creditor from the time of the levy. When made on part of it, the appraisers shall determine what portion of the rent is to be paid to him, and it shall be paid to him accordingly.

The officer shall deliver to the creditor or his attorney, seizin and possession of an estate levied on, so far as the nature of the estate and the title of the debtor admit. When a remainder, reversion or right of redemption is taken, the debtor in possession shall not be ousted…

A levy may be made on land fraudulently conveyed by a debtor, or of which he has been disseized and into which he has a right of entry. In such case, the tenant in possession shall not be ousted, but the officer shall deliver to the creditor a momentary seizin, sufficient to enab…

When the debt has been previously assigned for a valuable consideration, the creditor named in the execution holds an estate levied on to satisfy it in trust for his assignee, who is entitled to a conveyance thereof, which may be enforced by a civil action.

The officer shall return the execution into the clerk's office where it is returnable, and within 3 months after completing the levy cause it, with the return thereon, to be recorded in the registry of deeds where the land lies.

When not recorded as provided in section 2016, the levy is void against a person who has purchased for a valuable consideration, or has attached or taken on execution, the same premises without actual notice thereof. If the levy is recorded after the 3 months, it will be valid ag…

A creditor who has received seizin of a levy not recorded cannot waive it unless the estate was not the property of the debtor, or not liable to seizure on execution, or cannot be held by the levy, when it may be considered void, and he may resort to any other remedy for satisfac…

When the execution has been recorded and the estate levied on does not pass by the levy for causes named in section 2018, the creditor may by motion in the court issuing the execution require the debtor to show cause why an alias execution should not be issued on the same judgmen…

When a judgment has been assigned for a valuable consideration, and bona fide, in writing, and a levy of an execution issued on such judgment has been made, and the estate does not pass by the levy, and the creditor dies after the levy, the assignee may bring an action in the cou…

In all cases where a judgment has been assigned as provided for in section 2020 and is not discharged, the assignee may bring a civil action thereon in his own name. Upon averment and proof of the facts aforesaid, the court may render judgment and execution thereon in his favor, …

For the purpose of fixing the amount due on the execution and the time when the debtor's right to redeem expires, all levies shall be considered to commence on the day of the date of the administration of the oath to the appraisers, although it may appear by the return of the off…

When, by an error of the officer, the amount for which the levy was made exceeds the amount of debt or damage, costs, interest and costs of levy, by a sum not greater than 1% thereof, it is valid if otherwise legally made. The debtor or owner of the estate may maintain a civil ac…

Real estate levied on may be redeemed within one year thereafter, by tendering to the creditor the amount of its appraisement with interest from the time of levy, with reasonable expenses incurred for its improvement or repair, or in saving it from loss by the nonpayment of taxes…

The debtor may have the amount due ascertained by a justice of the peace. After a hearing before the justice of the peace, the justice of the peace shall make in writing and sign a certificate of the sum found due, which is conclusive. The debtor may tender that sum, which is eff…

If the creditor does not release the premises within 10 days after payment or tender of the amount due, the debtor may recover the same by a real action on his own seizin; but before judgment is entered he must bring into court, for the creditor, the money tendered.

The debtor, without tender, may, within one year and in season to have the amount ascertained and paid or tendered within the year, bring an action the complaint in which shall offer to pay the amount due, and the court shall ascertain it and require the debtor to bring it into c…

Costs may be awarded to either party, except not against the creditor, unless he has, on request, unreasonably refused to render an account of rents and profits and of expenses for improvements and repairs, or to execute a deed of release as required in this chapter. When he has …

Levies may be made on lands mortgaged as on lands not mortgaged, and the amount due on the mortgage may be deducted by the appraisers from their estimated value, and stated in their return. If the full amount due was not deducted, or if the levy was made in the usual form, and it…

Levies made as provided in section 2151 may be redeemed within one year, as in other cases. When the debtor pays on the mortgage after the levy, and does not redeem, he may recover of the creditor the amount so paid, in a civil action.

Real estate attachable and all rights and interests therein, including the right to cut timber and grass, as described in chapter 507, subchapter III, rights of redeeming real estate mortgaged, rights to a conveyance of it by bond or contract, interests by virtue of possession an…

The officer in such case shall give written notice of the time and place of sale to the debtor in person or by leaving the same at his last and usual place of abode, if known to be an inhabitant of the State, and cause it to be posted in a public place in the town where the land …

When a right of redemption has been attached and judgment recovered, and a sale of it is to be made, the creditor may demand of the mortgagee to disclose, in writing under his hand, the condition of the mortgage and the sum due thereon, which shall be furnished within 24 hours, a…

If the disclosure mentioned in section 2203 is not furnished within that time, the creditor may apply to any notary public authorized to take depositions, in the county where the land lies or where the mortgagee resides, who shall take his deposition in relation to the facts requ…

The officer shall sell such right or interest at public auction to the highest bidder, and execute and deliver to the purchaser a sufficient deed thereof which, being recorded in the registry of deeds of the county or district where the land lies within 3 months after the sale, c…

When the officer deems it for the interest of all concerned to postpone the sale, he may adjourn it for any time not exceeding 7 days, and so from time to time until a sale is made, giving notice at the time of each adjournment by public proclamation. When he is unable to attend …

The seizure on execution is considered made on the day when notice of the sale is given, and if the sale is not completed within 60 days after judgment it holds the right or interest seized within that time. The subsequent proceedings and return are valid, if made after the retur…

The titles of banks or corporations, as mortgagees of land, may be taken on execution and sold as real estate and interests therein are taken and sold. The officer may by deed convey the same, and a debt secured by such mortgage and remaining unpaid will pass with the mortgagee's…

No transfer of such mortgage or of the debt secured thereby, made by such corporation after notice of the seizure thereof on execution has been filed in the registry of deeds of the county or district where the land lies, or given to the party to be affected thereby, has any vali…

Real estate, and rights and interests therein, and mortgages and debts so sold, may be redeemed within one year, as land levied on by appraisement may be. The rights and remedies of the parties are the same for this purpose, as those of mortgagor and mortgagee.

The right of a debtor to redeem from a sale or from a levy by appraisement may be attached and sold on execution, as an equity of redemption may be, and the parties have the same rights and remedies. Attachments of such estate or equity of redemption, made before such levy or sal…

When a creditor has seized on execution a right that would expire within 60 days, to redeem from a mortgage, sale or levy on execution, he may pay or tender to the person entitled thereto the amount which the debtor would have to pay to redeem the same. The officer selling such r…

When the franchise of a railroad has been sold on execution as provided in section 4855, the officer may convey the same by deed, which shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of each county or district in which any part of such railroad lies. The debtor has the same right of …

A defendant living out of the State, defaulted in an action without an appearance or other service than a newspaper publication, may, within 6 months after the levy of an execution on his real estate or the sale of a right of redemption, bring an action for relief from the judgme…

No strip or waste shall be made on such estate before or during the pendency of proceedings under section 2351. After final judgment in the action, if relief from the judgment is granted, the plaintiff in such action, besides other remedies, may, within said 3 months, without a t…

1. Destruction prohibited. 2. Identification on docket. On and after January 1, 1992, judicial proceedings in any Maine court, including appeals from judicial proceedings, that affect title to real estate must be identified on the docket. Judicial proceedings subject to this sect…

In connection with the commencement of any personal action, except actions only for specific recovery of goods and chattels, for malicious prosecution, for slander by writing or speaking or for assault and battery, trustee process may be used in the Superior Court or in the Distr…