reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
14 ME Rev Stat § 6852 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 4: SURVEYORS|14 §6852. Fees of surveyor; determination of amount paid by parties

 §6852. Fees of surveyor; determination of amount paid by parties The amount of the fees and necessary expenses of the surveyor shall be fixed and determined by the court upon the acceptance of the report, and shall be paid as follows: After notice to all parties and a hearing held thereon, the court may fix and determine the amount to be paid by the parties to the action, or by either of the parties, and the amount determined to be due from the parties, or by either of the parties, shall have the force and effect of a judgment in favor of the surveyor against the parties or either of the parties and any execution upon the judgment may run against the body of the party or of either of the parties.   [PL 1983, c. 191 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 72 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 191 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6901 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 5: PROOF|14 §6901. Proof of seizin

 §6901. Proof of seizin The plaintiff need not prove an actual entry under his title; but proof that he is entitled to an estate in the premises and that he has a right of entry therein is sufficient proof of his seizin.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6902 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 5: PROOF|14 §6902. Degree of proof to recover

 §6902. Degree of proof to recover If the plaintiff proves that he is entitled to an estate in the premises and had a right of entry therein when he commenced his action, he shall recover the premises, unless the defendant proves a better title in himself.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6951 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6951. Meaning of possession and improvement

 §6951. Meaning of possession and improvement A possession and improvement of land by a defendant are within the meaning of this chapter, although a portion of it is woodland and uncultivated, and although not wholly surrounded by a fence or rendered inaccessible by other obstructions, if they have been open, notorious, exclusive and comporting with the usual management and improvement of a farm by its owner.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6952 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6952. Determination of rents and profits

 §6952. Determination of rents and profits The rents and profits for which the defendant is liable are the clear annual value of the premises while he was in possession, after deducting all lawful taxes paid by him and the necessary and ordinary expenses of repairs, cultivation of the land or collection of the rents and profits.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6953 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6953. Allowance for improvements

 §6953. Allowance for improvements In estimating the rents and profits, the value of the use by the defendant of improvements made by himself or by those under whom he claims shall not be allowed to the plaintiff.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6954 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6954. Defendant not liable for over 6 years' rents

 §6954. Defendant not liable for over 6 years' rents The defendant is not liable for the rents and profits for more than 6 years, nor for waste or other damage committed before that time, unless the rents and profits are allowed as an offset to his claim for improvements.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6955 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6955. Recovery of damages against other persons

 §6955. Recovery of damages against other persons Nothing herein contained shall prevent the plaintiff from maintaining an action for mesne profits or for damage to the premises against any person, except the defendant in a real action who has had possession of the premises or is otherwise liable to such action.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6956 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6956. Betterments allowed after 6 years' possession

 §6956. Betterments allowed after 6 years' possession When the demanded premises have been in the actual possession of the defendant or of those under whom he claims for 6 successive years or more before commencement of the action, such defendant shall be allowed a compensation for the value of any buildings and improvements on the premises made by him or by those under him whom he claims, to be ascertained and adjusted as provided.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6957 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6957. Tenant ousted after 6 years may recover for improvements

 §6957. Tenant ousted after 6 years may recover for improvements When a person makes entry into lands or tenements of which the tenant in possession, or those under whom he claims, have been in actual possession for 6 years or more, and withholds from such tenant the possession thereof, the tenant may recover of the person so entering, or of his executor or administrator, the increased value of the premises by reason of the buildings and improvements made by the tenant or by those under whom he claims, to be ascertained by the principles hereinbefore provided. These provisions extend to the grantee or assignee of the tenant in dower and of any other life estate. A lien is created on the premises in favor of such claim, to be enforced by an action commenced within 3 years after such entry. It is no bar to such action if the tenant, to avoid cost, yields to the superior title.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6958 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6958. Defendant may have betterments

 §6958. Defendant may have betterments The defendant shall have the benefit of this chapter as to the increased value of premises when the cause, including all real actions brought by a reversioner or remainderman, or his assigns, after the termination of a tenancy in dower, or any other life estate, against the assignee or grantee of the tenant of the life estate, or against his heirs or legal representatives, is determined in favor of the plaintiff.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6959 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6959. Request of either party for appraisal of improvements

 §6959. Request of either party for appraisal of improvements The responsive pleading of the defendant shall state as a counterclaim any claim which he has to compensation for buildings and improvements on the premises and may request an estimation by the jury of the increased value of the premises by reason thereof. The plaintiff may file a request, in writing, that the jury would estimate what would have been the value of the premises at the time of trial, if no buildings had been erected, improvements made or waste committed. Both these estimates they shall make and state in their verdict. The jury shall allow for no buildings or improvements, except those that they find were made by the defendant, his grantor or assignor, and were judicious and proper under the circumstances.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6960 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6960. Valuation of betterments

 §6960. Valuation of betterments If the defendant, so claiming, alleges and proves that he and those under whom he claims have had the premises in actual possession for more than 20 years prior to the commencement of the action, the jury may find that fact. In estimating the value of the premises, if no buildings had been erected or improvements made thereon, they shall find and state in their verdict what was the value of the premises when the defendant or those under whom he claims first entered thereon. The sum so found shall be deemed the estimated value of the premises. In estimating the increased value by reason of the buildings and improvements, the jury shall find and state in their verdict the value of the premises at the time of the trial, above their value when the defendant or those under whom he claims first entered thereon. The sum so found and stated shall be taken for the buildings and improvements.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6961 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6961. No abandonment; payment for improvements

 §6961. No abandonment; payment for improvements When the plaintiff does not elect so to abandon the premises, no writ of possession shall issue on his judgment, nor a new action be sustained for the land unless, within one year from the rendition thereof, he pays to the clerk or to such person as the court appoints for the use of the defendant, the sum assessed for the buildings and improvements, with interest thereon.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6962 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6962. Restriction of right to betterments

 §6962. Restriction of right to betterments Nothing contained in this chapter concerning rents and profits, or the estimate and allowance of the value of the buildings and improvements, shall extend to any action between a mortgagor and mortgagee, their heirs and assigns, or to any case where the defendant or the person under whom he claims entered into possession of the premises and occupied under a contract with the owner, which was known to the defendant when he entered.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6963 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6963. Agreement on reference as to value of improvements

 §6963. Agreement on reference as to value of improvements When the parties agree that the value of the buildings and improvements on the land demanded, and the value of the land, shall be ascertained by persons named on the record for that purpose, their estimate, as reported by them and recorded, is equal in its effect to a verdict.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6964 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6964. Proposal of value for premises and betterments by defendant; effect

 §6964. Proposal of value for premises and betterments by defendant; effect When the defendant, at any stage of such action, files a statement in open court consenting to a sum at which the buildings and improvements and the value of the demanded premises may be estimated, if the plaintiff consents thereto, judgment shall be rendered accordingly, as if such sums had been found by verdict; but if the plaintiff does not consent, and the jury does not reduce the value of the buildings and improvements below the sum offered, nor increase the value of the premises above the sum offered, he shall recover no costs after such offer; but the defendant shall recover his costs after such offer and have judgment and execution therefor, subject to section 6965.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6965 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS|14 §6965. Setoff of costs against improvements

 §6965. Setoff of costs against improvements In all cases where the plaintiff does not abandon the premises to the defendant, the court may, on written application of either party during the term when judgment is entered, order the costs recovered by the plaintiff to be setoff against the appraised value of the buildings and improvements on the land. A record of this order shall be made, and the court shall thereupon enter judgment according as the balance is in favor of one party or the other.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7051 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 7: COSTS|14 §7051. Allowance and execution

 §7051. Allowance and execution Execution shall issue as in other cases for such damages as have been recovered and for full costs to the prevailing party. The court may order execution for costs to be issued against the goods and estate of a deceased party in the hands of his executor or administrator, or otherwise, according to the legal rights and liabilities of the parties.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7052 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 7: COSTS|14 §7052. Prevailing defendant entitled to costs

 §7052. Prevailing defendant entitled to costs A defendant who by answer defends for a part only and succeeds in his defense as to all of such part shall be entitled to all costs accruing from the time of the answer.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7053 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS|Subchapter 7: COSTS|14 §7053. No costs to plaintiff where 40 years' possession

 §7053. No costs to plaintiff where 40 years' possession In all real and mixed actions in which the defendant proves that he and those under whom he claims have been in the open, notorious, adverse and exclusive possession of the demanded premises, claiming in fee simple, for 40 years preceding the commencement of the action, and the jury so finds, the plaintiff recovers no costs.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7301 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7301. Unlawful detention

 §7301. Unlawful detention When goods, unlawfully taken or detained from the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof, or attached on mesne process, or taken on execution, are claimed by any person other than the defendant in the action in which they are so attached or taken, such owner or person may cause them to be replevied.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7302 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7302. Venue

 §7302. Venue Except as provided in section 509 and in Title 4, section 155, subsection 3-A, an action for replevin may be brought in either District Court or Superior Court in the county or division where a plaintiff or defendant resides or where any of the personal property sought to be replevied is located.   [PL 2009, c. 245, §7 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 245, §7 (RPR).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7303 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7303. Bond; additional security

 §7303. Bond; additional security Before serving the writ, the officer shall take from the plaintiff, or someone in his behalf, a bond to the defendant, with sufficient sureties or with a surety company authorized to do business in this State as surety, in double the value of the goods to be replevied, conditioned as in the prescribed form of the writ, to be returned with the writ to the court from which the writ issued, for the use of the defendant, and new sureties or surety company may be required thereon as provided in section 7403.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7304 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7304. Writ of return where defendant prevails; judgment when property held as security

 §7304. Writ of return where defendant prevails; judgment when property held as security If it appears that the defendant is entitled to a return of the goods, he shall have judgment and a writ of return accordingly, with damages for the taking and costs. If the plaintiff claims the property replevied as security for a debt, his claim shall be discharged by payment or tender thereof, with interest and costs; and judgment shall be for a return without costs, unless his title has become absolute by a legal foreclosure.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7305 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7305. Judgment for return of property attached or taken on execution; damages

 §7305. Judgment for return of property attached or taken on execution; damages If the goods, when replevied, had been taken in execution or were under attachment and judgment is afterwards rendered for the attaching creditor, and if, in either case, the service of the execution is delayed by the replevin, the damages on a judgment for a return shall not be less than at the rate of 12% a year on the value of the goods while the service of the execution is so delayed.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7306 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7306. Disposal of money recovered for goods attached or taken on execution

 §7306. Disposal of money recovered for goods attached or taken on execution All sums recovered by an officer in an action of replevin on account of goods attached or taken in execution by him or recovered in a civil action upon the replevin bond shall be applied:   1.  Fees, charges, expenses.  To pay the lawful fees and charges of the officer, and the reasonable expenses of the replevin action, and of the action on the bond, so far as they are not reimbursed by the costs recovered;   2.  Payment to creditor.  To pay the creditor, in whose action the goods were attached or taken on execution, the sum, if any, recovered by him in that action or what remains unpaid, with interest at the rate of 12% a year for the time that the money was withheld from the creditor or the service of his execution was delayed by reason of the replevin;   3.  Application of balance or if creditor does not recover judgment.  If the attaching creditor in such case does not recover judgment in his action, or if any balance remains of the money so recovered by the officer after paying the creditor his due, such balance or the whole amount, as the case may be, shall be applied as the surplus of the proceeds of sale should have been applied if such goods had been sold on execution.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7307 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7307. Appropriation of money received by creditor

 §7307. Appropriation of money received by creditor All sums received by such creditor from the sale of goods attached or taken in execution and afterwards returned, all sums received for the value of any of such goods as are not returned and all sums recovered from the officer for insufficiency of the bond shall be applied in discharge of the creditor's judgment, but all sums received as interest or damages for delay of his execution shall be retained to his own use and not go in discharge of the judgment.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7308 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7308. Judgment if plaintiff recovers

 §7308. Judgment if plaintiff recovers If it appears that the goods were taken, attached or detained unlawfully, the plaintiff shall have judgment for his damages caused thereby and for his costs.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7309 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7309. Continuance of attachment, if goods replevied

 §7309. Continuance of attachment, if goods replevied If the goods replevied had been attached, they shall, in case of judgment for a return, be held by the attachment until 60 days after judgment in the action in which they were attached has become final as provided in section 4601. If such final judgment is rendered before the return of the goods or if the goods when replevied had been seized on execution, they shall be held by the same attachment or seizure for 60 days after the return and may be taken and disposed of as if they had not been replevied.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7310 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7310. Writ of reprisal

 §7310. Writ of reprisal When the officer, in the service of the writ of return and restitution, is not able to find in his precinct the beast or other property directed to be returned in his precept, he shall certify that fact in his return. The court whence it issued, upon notice, may grant a writ of reprisal, in the form prescribed by law, against the plaintiff in replevin, to take his goods or beasts not exempt from attachment, of the full value, to be delivered to the defendant, to be held and disposed of by him according to law, until the plaintiff restores the beast or other property replevied by him.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7311 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7311. Defendant's remedy on replevin bond

 §7311. Defendant's remedy on replevin bond The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the defendant from resorting to his remedy on the replevin bond, or to his remedy against the officer for insufficiency of the bond, to recover the value of the goods together with the damage or loss occasioned by the replevin thereof, notwithstanding he has endeavored to recover the same by the writs of return and of reprisal.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7312 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 1: GOODS|14 §7312. Limitation of surety's liability on replevin bond

 §7312. Limitation of surety's liability on replevin bond No action shall be maintained against any surety on a replevin bond unless it is commenced within one year after final judgment in replevin or, if the complaint in replevin is not filed with the court by the plaintiff within one year after the replevin of the goods.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7351 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 735: REPLEVIN|Subchapter 2: PERSONS|14 §7351. Availability of writ; court of issue

 §7351. Availability of writ; court of issue If any person is imprisoned, restrained of his liberty or held in duress, unless by a lawful writ, warrant or other process, civil or criminal, he may have the writ for replevying the person, on complaint filed by himself or anyone in his behalf in the Superior Court, at the discretion of the court and not otherwise.