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14 ME Rev Stat § 6503 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6503. Service of process; publication

 §6503. Service of process; publication Service of process shall be made as in other civil actions and notice by publication to tenants whose identity or whereabouts are unknown shall be given as in other actions where publication is required.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6504 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6504. Persons not notified; pleadings

 §6504. Persons not notified; pleadings A person interested and not named in the complaint, or out of the State, and not so notified as to enable him to appear earlier, may, in the discretion of the court, be permitted to appear and defend at any time before final judgment on such terms as may be imposed. Any defendant may, jointly with others or separately, allege in his answer any matter tending to show that partition ought not to be made as prayed for.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6505 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6505. Guardians and agents

 §6505. Guardians and agents When an infant or mentally ill person, living in the State, has no guardian and appears to be interested, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for him and shall appoint an agent for persons interested who had been out of the State for one year before the action was commenced and do not return before judgment for the partition is to be made and have no actual notice of the actions.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6506 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6506. Tenants in common of sawmills

 §6506. Tenants in common of sawmills Tenants in common of a sawmill may have a division of the time during which each may occupy according to his interest, as partition is made of an estate. The court may make all necessary decrees in relation thereto.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6507 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6507. Defendant claiming part; separate trial

 §6507. Defendant claiming part; separate trial When it appears from the pleadings that one or more defendants claim to be seized of the whole of a specific parcel of the premises of which partition is prayed, there may first be a separate trial of that question only, at the discretion of the presiding justice. When it appears on trial that any defendant has no interest in the estate, he shall be heard no further and the plaintiff shall recover of him the costs of the trial.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6508 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6508. Costs

 §6508. Costs When a plaintiff is found to own a less share than is claimed in his complaint, he shall have partition of such share, but the defendant recovers costs. When found entitled to have partition of the share claimed, he recovers costs of the defendant. In such cases or on default, a judgment that partition be made shall be entered. In all other cases, including default of the defendant or defendants, when judgment for partition is given, the court, after notice to all parties in interest, may, in the discretion of the presiding justice, apportion the costs between the plaintiff and defendant or defendants or allow the plaintiff to recover costs of the proceedings against the defendant or defendants to be taxed the same as in a civil action, and execution may be issued therefor.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6509 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6509. Joinder or severance; death or conveyance

 §6509. Joinder or severance; death or conveyance The owners may join or sever in their complaints. When they join and one dies or conveys his share, or when a several plaintiff dies or conveys his share, the complaint, by leave of court, may be amended by erasing his name and inserting the names of his heirs, devisees or grantees, and they may proceed with the action for their respective shares.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6510 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6510. Death of defendant

 §6510. Death of defendant The action is not abated by the death of a party defendant. His heirs or devisees or, if the estate is for a term of years, his executor or administrator may be cited to appear, and upon service on them, they shall become parties to the proceedings. The court may order such judgment, and with such costs, as the law and facts require.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6511 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6511. Commissioners; appointment

 §6511. Commissioners; appointment After judgment that partition be made, the court shall appoint 3 or 5 disinterested persons as commissioners to make partition and set off to each his share, which shall be expressed in the warrant. Their shares may be set off together or in one tract, or the share of each may be assigned to him, at his election.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6512 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6512. Oath

 §6512. Oath Before proceeding to discharge their duty, the commissioners shall be sworn to the faithful and impartial performance of it. The dedimus justice before whom they are sworn shall make his certificate thereof on the back of their warrant.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §18 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 736, §18 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6513 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6513. Notice; majority report

 §6513. Notice; majority report The commissioners shall give reasonable notice of the time and place for making partition to all concerned who are known and within the State. They must all be present at the performance of their duties but the report of a majority is valid.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6514 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6514. Exclusive possession of part; improvements

 §6514. Exclusive possession of part; improvements When one of the tenants in common, by mutual consent, has had the exclusive possession of a part of the estate and made improvements thereon, his share shall be assigned from or including such part. The value of the improvements made by a tenant in common shall be considered and the assignment of shares be made in conformity therewith. When any person shall have heretofore made or shall hereafter make improvements upon a part of any real estate with the consent of the owners thereof, or any of them, and such person shall have thereafter become a tenant in common of such real estate, his share shall be assigned from or including such part, and the value of the improvements so made shall be considered and the assignment of shares made in conformity therewith.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6515 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6515. Parcel of greater value than share

 §6515. Parcel of greater value than share When any parcel of the estate to be divided is of greater value than either party's share and cannot be divided without great inconvenience, it may be assigned to one party by his paying the sum of money awarded to the parties who have less than their shares, but the report shall not be accepted until the sums so awarded are paid or secured to the satisfaction of the parties entitled thereto.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6516 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6516. Expenses apportioned

 §6516. Expenses apportioned An account of all the charges and expenses attending the partition shall, on request of any plaintiff, be presented to the court, and the presiding justice shall determine, after notice to all concerned, the equitable proportion thereof to be paid by the several owners in the lands of which partition has been made, and execution therefor may be issued against any owner neglecting to pay.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6517 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6517. New partition; excessive share or value

 §6517. New partition; excessive share or value If a share larger than his real interest or more than equal in value to his proportion is set off to a part owner, an aggrieved part owner, who at the time of partition was out of the State and was not notified in season to prevent it, his heirs or assigns, may within 3 years thereafter apply to the court that made the partition and it shall cause a new partition to be made.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6518 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6518. -- persons out of State

 §6518. -- persons out of State When a person to whom a share was left was out of the State when the partition was made and was not notified in season to prevent it, he may, within 3 years after final judgment, apply to the same court for a new partition. If it appears that the share left for him was less than he was entitled to, or that it was not equal in value to his proportion of the premises, the court may order a new partition as provided in section 6520.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6519 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6519. -- persons evicted of share

 §6519. -- persons evicted of share When a person to whom a share has been assigned or left is evicted by an elder and better title than that of the parties to the judgment, he is entitled to a new partition of the residue, as if no partition had been made.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6520 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6520. -- excess removed

 §6520. -- excess removed In such new partition, so much shall be taken from any share as the same shall be adjudged to be in excess of its just proportion of the whole, estimated as in the condition when first divided, and no more. If improvements have been made on the part taken off, reasonable satisfaction therefor, to be estimated by the commissioners, shall be made to him who made the improvements, by him to whose share they are added. The court may issue execution therefor and for costs of the new partition.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6521 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6521. Report and judgment

 §6521. Report and judgment Commissioners in all cases shall make and sign a written return of their proceedings, and make return thereof with their warrant to the court from which it issued. Their report may be confirmed, recommitted or set aside, and new proceedings be had as before. When confirmed, judgment must be entered accordingly and recorded by the clerk and by the register of deeds of the district where the estate is.   [PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §19 (AMD).]Such judgment is conclusive on all rights of property and possession of all parties and privies to the judgment, including all persons who might have appeared and answered, except as provided.   SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 683, §A19 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6522 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6522. Claimant not a party; judgment ineffective

 §6522. Claimant not a party; judgment ineffective When a person not a party to the proceedings claims to hold the premises described or any part thereof, in severalty, he is not precluded by the judgment for partition, but may bring his action therefor as if no such judgment had been rendered.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6523 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6523. Rights of nonparties to action

 §6523. Rights of nonparties to action When a person, not a party to the proceedings, claims a share assigned to or left for a part owner, he is concluded so far as it respects the assignment of the share, but he is not prevented from maintaining an action within the time in which it might have been brought if no judgment for partition had been rendered, for the share claimed, against the tenant in possession, the same as if the plaintiff had claimed the piece demanded, instead of an undivided part of the whole.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6524 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6524. Part owners receiving no share

 §6524. Part owners receiving no share When a person, not a party to the proceedings, to whom no share was assigned or left, claims to have been a part owner of the estate, he is concluded so far as it respects the partition, but not from maintaining an action against each person holding a share, for his proportion of each share as owned before partition was made.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6525 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 719: PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE|14 §6525. Rights of mortgagees or lienors

 §6525. Rights of mortgagees or lienors A person having a mortgage, attachment or other lien on the share in common of a part owner shall be concluded by the judgment, so far as it respects the partition, but his mortgage or lien remains in force on the part assigned or left to such part owner.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6601 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 721: PENAL BONDS|14 §6601. Actions on bonds and recognizances; jury to assess damages

 §6601. Actions on bonds and recognizances; jury to assess damages In actions on bond or contract in a penal sum for the performance of covenants or agreements or on a recognizance to prosecute an appeal, when the jury finds the condition broken, they shall estimate the plaintiff's damages and judgment shall be entered for the penal sum, and execution shall issue for such damages and costs.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6602 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 721: PENAL BONDS|14 §6602. Sureties on official bond may defend

 §6602. Sureties on official bond may defend Sureties upon official bonds may appear and defend in actions against their principal whenever such sureties may ultimately be liable upon such bonds.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6651 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6651. Summary proceedings

 §6651. Summary proceedings A person in possession of real property, claiming an estate of freehold therein or an unexpired term of not less than 10 years, or a person who has conveyed such property or any interest therein with covenants of title or warranty, upon which he may be liable, may, if he or those under whom he claims or those claiming under him have been in uninterrupted possession of such property for 4 years or more, bring an action in the Superior Court, or in the District Court in the county or district respectively in which said real property lies, setting forth his estate, stating the source of his title, describing the premises, and averring that an apprehension exists that persons named in the complaint, or persons unknown claiming as heirs, devisees or assigns, or in any other way, by, through or under a person or persons named in the complaint, claim or may claim some right, title or interest in the premises adverse to his said estate; and that such apprehension creates a cloud upon the title and depreciates the market value of the property; and praying that such persons be summoned to show cause why they should not bring an action to try their title to the described premises. If any such supposed claimants are unknown, the plaintiff or his attorney shall so allege under oath, but the truth of the allegation shall not after decree has been filed be denied for the purpose of defeating the title established thereby. A person in the enjoyment of an easement is in possession of real property within the meaning and for the purposes of this section.   [PL 1971, c. 117, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 117, §2 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6652 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6652. Petition to remove easement

 §6652. Petition to remove easement A person in possession of real property, claiming an estate of freehold therein or an unexpired term of not less than 10 years, or a person who has conveyed such property or any interest therein with covenants of title or warranty, upon which he may be liable, may, if he or those under whom he claims or those claiming under him have been in uninterrupted possession of such property for 4 years or more, bring an action in the Superior Court, or in the District Court in the county or district respectively in which said real property lies, by complaint setting forth his estate, describing the premises and averring that an apprehension exists that persons named in the complaint, or persons unknown, claim by continued and uninterrupted use for 20 years or more, by grant, prescription, custom or in any other way, an easement through or on such real property adverse to the estate of the said plaintiff and that such apprehension creates a cloud upon the title and depreciates the market value of such property; and praying that such persons be summoned to show cause why they should not bring an action to determine their legal rights in and to such easement over or upon said real estate. If such supposed claimants are unknown, the plaintiff or his attorney shall so allege under oath, but the truth of the allegation shall not after the decree has been filed be denied for the purpose of defeating the title established thereby.   [PL 1971, c. 117, §3 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 117, §3 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6653 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6653. Complaint; grantee as party

 §6653. Complaint; grantee as party An action under either section 6651 or 6652 shall be brought in the county or district respectively in which the real estate lies. Service in such action shall be made as in other actions on all supposed known claimants residing either in the State or outside the State, and notice to persons who are unascertained, not in being or unknown shall be given by publication as in other actions where publication is required, unless the court on motion permits posting in such public places as the court may direct in lieu of all or part of the publication ordinarily required. Upon the filing of the complaint the clerk of courts in the county, or the clerk of the District Court in the district respectively where such proceedings are pending shall file a certificate in the registry of deeds in the county or district where said land is situated, setting forth the names of the parties, the date of the complaint and the filing thereof and the description of the real estate as given in the complaint, which said certificate shall be recorded by the register of deeds, who shall receive therefor the same fee as for recording a deed. The action shall not be abated by the death of any party thereto, nor by the conveyance of the premises by deed recorded after said certificate is recorded. The grantee of any defendant named or described in the complaint, or any person claiming under such grantee, may voluntarily appear and become a party, and make any defense that would have been open to the defendant under whom he claims. If any person who becomes such grantee by conveyance recorded after the filing of the certificate does not voluntarily appear, no such conveyance by the defendant shall be given in evidence, either in the proceedings on the complaint or in any action brought thereunder to try title to the premises as provided in section 6654, and the issue shall be determined as though no such conveyance were made.   [PL 1971, c. 117, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 117, §4 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6654 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6654. Appearance of interested parties

 §6654. Appearance of interested parties If any person so summoned appears and claims title or an easement in the premises, or voluntarily appears as aforesaid and claims title or such easement, he shall by answer show cause why he should not be required to bring an action and try such title, or his title to such easement. The court shall make such decree respecting the bringing and prosecuting of such action as seems equitable and just. If any person so summoned appears and disclaims all right and title adverse to the plaintiff, he recovers his costs. If the court upon hearing finds that the allegations of the complaint are true and that notice by publication has been given as ordered, it shall make and enter a decree that all persons named in the complaint and all persons alleged to be unknown claiming by, through or under persons so named, and all persons named as grantees in any deed given by the defendant and recorded after the filing of the certificate, and all persons claiming under such grantee who have not so appeared, or who, having appeared, have disclaimed all right and title adverse to the plaintiff, or who, having appeared, shall disobey the order of the court to bring an action and try their title, shall be forever debarred and estopped from having or claiming any right or title adverse to the plaintiff in the premises described in the complaint; which decree shall within 30 days after it is finally granted be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies, and shall be effectual to bar all right, title and interest, and all easements, of all persons, whether adults or minors, upon whom notice has been served, personally or by publication, and all persons named as grantees in any deed given by the defendant and recorded after the filing of said certificate and all persons claiming under such grantees. The court may in its discretion appoint agents or guardians ad litem to represent minors or other supposed claimants. If any person appears and claims an easement, however acquired, in such premises, he may bring an action to try the title thereto, alleging in his complaint how said easement was acquired and issue shall be framed accordingly. Any party may at his option assert such title or such easement by counterclaim in the plaintiff's action, but he shall not be required to do so. Trial of any action brought pursuant to a decree hereunder or of any counterclaim asserting such title or such easement shall be by jury, if brought in the Superior Court, unless waived.   [PL 1971, c. 117, §5 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 117, §5 (AMD).