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13 ME Rev Stat § 2986 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES|Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES|Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|13 §2986. Trustees of Society of Friends to hold grants as corporations

 §2986. Trustees of Society of Friends to hold grants as corporations The trustees of each monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, are so far corporations as to take and hold, in succession, all grants and gifts of real, personal or mixed estate made to said meetings or to them, for the use of their monthly meetings, the preparative meetings constituting them or the poor thereof; to take and hold all grants and gifts of real, personal and mixed estate made to said monthly meetings or the trustees thereof for the use of quarterly meetings of said Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, for their use or the use of the poor thereof. Said trustees shall hold, manage and convey all such estate according to the terms and conditions on which it was granted or given. They may sue in their names as such trustees for any right, title or interest to which said meetings or their trustees are entitled.   The annual income therefrom, to any one meeting, for the uses specified shall not exceed $5,000. These powers may be enlarged, restrained or repealed by the Legislature.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2601 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2601. Actions in which trustee process used

 §2601. Actions in which trustee process used 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 District Court.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2602 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2602. Persons not to be adjudged trustees

 §2602. Persons not to be adjudged trustees No person shall be adjudged trustee:   1.  Negotiable instruments.  By reason of any negotiable bill, draft, note or other security drawn, accepted, made or indorsed by him, except in the cases provided in section 2629;   2.  Collections by legal process.  By reason of any money or other thing received or collected by him as an officer, by force of a legal process in favor of the principal defendant in the trustee process, although it has been previously demanded of him by the defendant;   3.  Money held by officer, accountable to defendant.  By reason of any money in his hands as a public officer for which he is accountable to the principal defendant;   4.  Debts due defendant.  By reason of any money or other thing due from him to the principal defendant unless, at the time of the service of the summons upon him, it is due absolutely and not on any contingency;   5.  Debt due on a judgment.  By reason of any debt due from him on a judgment while he is liable to an execution thereon;   6.  Wages.  By reason of any amount due from him to the principal defendant as wages for his personal labor or that of his wife or minor children. Moreover, wages of minor children and of women are not, in any case, subject to trustee process on account of any debt of parent or husband.   [PL 1971, c. 408, §2 (AMD).] 7.  Debt paid.  Where service was made on him by leaving a copy or a summons and before actual notice of such service or reasonable ground of belief that it was made, he paid the debt due to the principal defendant or gave his negotiable security therefor;   8.  Board furnished Legislator.  By reason of any amount due for board furnished a member of the Legislature while in attendance thereon;   9.  Safe deposit box.  By reason of the renting as a national bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union or safe deposit company of any safe deposit box or on account of the contents thereof; and   [PL 1991, c. 386, §28 (AMD).] 10.  Money deposited.  By reason of any money deposited with him in a broker's trust account under Title 32, section 13178, except to the extent provided in that section.   [PL 1987, c. 395, Pt. A, §42 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 354 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 318 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 408, §2 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 468, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 395, §A42 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 386, §28 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2602-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2602-A. Attorneys' liens; allegedly stolen property

 §2602-A. Attorneys' liens; allegedly stolen property In any civil action in which the plaintiff or plaintiffs seek the restoration of or compensation for money or other personal property allegedly taken by theft by the defendant or defendants and in which trustee process is used with regard to such money or other personal property, the claim of the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall have priority over an attorney's lien for services performed or to be performed for the defendant or defendants.   [PL 1975, c. 690 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 690 (NEW).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2603 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2603. Effect of service on trustee; service on partnership

 §2603. Effect of service on trustee; service on partnership Service on the trustee binds all goods, effects or credits of the principal defendant entrusted to and deposited in the trustee's possession, to respond to the final judgment in the action, as when attached by ordinary process if process describing the principal defendant with reasonable certainty is received at a time and in a manner that affords the trustee a reasonable opportunity to act on it. When a partnership is made a trustee on trustee process, service upon one member of the firm is a sufficient attachment of the property of the principal defendant in the possession of the firm, if that service is made at any place of business of the firm or, if that service is made elsewhere, that legal service is afterward made upon the other members of the firm.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §3 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 149, §3 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2604 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2604. County where action brought; divorce; financial institution as trustee; counterclaim

 §2604. County where action brought; divorce; financial institution as trustee; counterclaim If all the trustees live in the same county, the action must be brought there; if they reside in different counties, in any county in which one of them resides; and in a trustee process against a corporation, its residence is deemed to be in the county in which it has its established or usual place of business, held its last annual meeting or usually holds its meetings; except that an action in which a railroad corporation is named and alleged as trustee may be brought in any county in which the railroad corporation runs and operates its road; and except that an action in which a financial institution authorized to do business in this State or credit union authorized to do business in this State is named and alleged as trustee may be brought in any county in which the financial institution or credit union maintains a place of business.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §4 (AMD).]When trustee process is used in connection with the commencement of an action for divorce, the action must be brought in the county in which the court has jurisdiction over the parties named in the action, and the alleged trustee, although residing in another county, may be summoned to appear in the county in which the court has jurisdiction over the parties named in the action and must answer and make disclosure in that county. The court sitting therein shall have full power and authority to award from the funds found to be held by the alleged trustee and belonging to the defendant such sum or sums as it may deem proper as an award for alimony or in lieu thereof.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §4 (AMD).]When trustee process is used in connection with a counterclaim arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the opposing party's claim, the alleged trustee may be summoned to appear in the county in which the action is pending, even though that trustee does not reside or maintain a usual place of business in that county.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 149, §4 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2605 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2605. Definitions relating to venue

 §2605. Definitions relating to venue In determining where an action commenced by trustee process shall be brought in the District Court under this chapter the word "county" shall mean "division" and the word "counties" shall mean "divisions."
14 ME Rev Stat § 2606 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2606. Additional trustees

 §2606. Additional trustees After service of the summons and complaint upon the principal defendant, the court, on motion without notice, may for cause shown order an additional attachment on trustee process against the same or an additional trustee, except for wages or salary due the defendant.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2607 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2607. When trustees may appear for principal

 §2607. When trustees may appear for principal When the principal is out of the State at the time of service and has no agent therein and does not appear in his own person or by attorney, any one or more of the trustees having goods, effects or credits in their hands, and being adjudged trustees, may appear in his behalf and in his name plead and defend the cause.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2608 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2608. Corporation as trustee; answer and disclosure

 §2608. Corporation as trustee; answer and disclosure Except as provided in section 2608-A, all domestic corporations and all foreign or alien companies or corporations established by the laws of any other state or country and having a place of business or doing business within this State may be summoned as trustees, and trustee summonses may be served on them as other process is served on any such companies or corporations. They may answer by attorney or agent and make disclosures, which must be signed and sworn to by an attorney or agent or another person upon whom legal service of the summons may be made. The same proceedings must thereupon be had throughout except necessary changes in form, as in other cases of foreign attachment.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §5 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 149, §5 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2608-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2608-A. Service on financial institution as trustee

 §2608-A. Service on financial institution as trustee Service of trustee process on a financial institution authorized to do business in this State or credit union authorized to do business in this State, as defined in Title 9-B, section 131, is effected by one of the following means:   [PL 2003, c. 149, §6 (NEW).]1.  Designated office.  Personal service by any lawful means upon the office designated by the financial institution or credit union for service of trustee process in a registry maintained for this purpose by the Secretary of State; or   [PL 2003, c. 149, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Acceptance by designated officer or employee.  Acceptance of service in writing by an officer or employee of the financial institution or credit union expressly authorized to accept service of trustee process.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 149, §6 (NEW).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2609 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2609. Taxes due corporation from defendant exempt

 §2609. Taxes due corporation from defendant exempt Any corporation summoned as trustee of a defendant may set off and deduct from any amount found due the defendant from the trustee and attached by trustee process the amount due from the defendant to the trustee for taxes.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2610 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2610. Nonresident adjudged trustee

 §2610. Nonresident adjudged trustee A person summoned as trustee may be adjudged trustee by the court although he was not then and never had been an inhabitant of the State. The action may be brought in the county in which either the plaintiff or principal defendant resides.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2611 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2611. Discharge of trustees; effect on principal

 §2611. Discharge of trustees; effect on principal If all the persons summoned as trustees are discharged or the action against them is discontinued, the plaintiff shall not proceed against the principal defendant unless there was sufficient personal service of the summons on him; but he may assume the defense of the action.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2612 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2612. Trustee out of county may appear by attorney

 §2612. Trustee out of county may appear by attorney A person summoned as trustee, and not then living in the county where the summons is returnable, need not appear in person in the original action or on motion after judgment; but he may appear by attorney and declare whether he had any goods or effects of the principal in his hands when the summons was served, and thereupon offer to submit himself to examination on oath.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2613 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2613. Complaint considered true

 §2613. Complaint considered true If the plaintiff proceeds no further, the complaint shall be considered true.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2614 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2614. Trustee not appearing defaulted

 §2614. Trustee not appearing defaulted When a person summoned as trustee neglects to appear and answer to the action, the trustee must be defaulted and adjudged trustee to the extent that such a person holds goods, effects or credits of the principal defendant otherwise available to satisfy the unsatisfied portion of final judgment. Nothing in this section limits the additional remedies available under this chapter for the trustee's failure to disclose, including the assessment of costs under section 2701 or, in a proper case, contempt.   [PL 2003, c. 149, §7 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 149, §7 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 2615 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2615. Questions of fact for court or jury

 §2615. Questions of fact for court or jury Any question of fact arising upon such additional allegations may, by consent, be decided by the court or submitted to a jury in such manner as the court directs.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2616 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2616. Disclosure of assignment of principal's claim

 §2616. Disclosure of assignment of principal's claim When it appears by the answers of a trustee that any goods, effects or credits in his hands are claimed by a 3rd person by virtue of an assignment from the principal debtor or in some other way, the court may permit such claimant to appear, if he sees cause. If he does not appear voluntarily, notice may be issued and served on him as the court directs. If he appears, he may be admitted as a party to the action so far as respects his title to the goods, effects or credits in question, and he may allege and prove any facts not stated or denied in the disclosure of the trustee. If he does not appear in person or by attorney, the assignment shall have no effect to defeat plaintiff's attachment.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2617 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2617. Principal defendant may testify

 §2617. Principal defendant may testify On the trial between the attaching creditor and such claimant, the principal defendant may be examined as a witness for either party if there is no other objection to his competency except his being a party to the original action.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2618 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2618. Form of judgment against principal and trustee

 §2618. Form of judgment against principal and trustee When the plaintiff recovers judgment against the principal and there is any supposed trustee who has not appeared and been discharged by disclosure or discontinuance of the action against him, the court shall award judgment and execution against the goods, effects and credits in his hands, as well as against the principal, in the usual form.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2619 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2619. Executor or administrator liable as trustee; stockholders

 §2619. Executor or administrator liable as trustee; stockholders Any debt or legacy due from an executor or administrator and any goods, effects and credits in his hands, as such, may be attached by trustee process. The amount which a stockholder of a corporation is liable to pay to a judgment creditor thereof may be attached by a creditor of such judgment creditor by trustee process served on such stockholder at any time after the commencement of the judgment creditor's action against him, and before the rendition of judgment therein.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2620 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2620. Settling value as between principal and trustee

 §2620. Settling value as between principal and trustee When, by the terms of the contract between the trustee and the principal debtor, any mode of ascertaining the value of the property to be delivered to the officer is pointed out, the officer shall, on application of the trustee, notify the principal debtor previous to the delivery that the value may be thus ascertained so far as it may affect the performance of the contract. In other cases the value of the property, as between the principal and the trustee, shall be estimated and ascertained by the appraisal of 3 disinterested men chosen, one by the trustee, one by the officer and one by the principal if he sees cause; and if he neglects or refuses, by the officer. They shall all be duly sworn to appraise the same and the officer, justice and appraisers shall certify their doings on the execution.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2621 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2621. Part of goods taken; delivery of residue

 §2621. Part of goods taken; delivery of residue When a part of such goods and articles is taken on execution, the trustee may deliver the residue to the principal or tender it to him within 30 days after satisfaction of the execution, as he might have delivered the whole.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2622 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2622. Disposal of surplus

 §2622. Disposal of surplus Any surplus money remaining in the hands of the officer after satisfying the execution and fees shall be paid to the principal, if within his precinct; if not, to the trustee.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2623 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2623. Trustee process after commitment of debtor

 §2623. Trustee process after commitment of debtor When a judgment creditor has caused the debtor to be committed on execution and afterwards discovers goods, effects or credits of the debtor not attachable by ordinary process of law, he may have the benefit of the trustee process like any other creditor if, within 7 days after service of the process, he discharges the debtor from prison by a written direction to the jailer stating the reason therefor, but such discharge shall not annul or affect the judgment.
14 ME Rev Stat § 2624 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY|Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS|Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT|Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|14 §2624. Defendant summoned as trustee of plaintiff

 §2624. Defendant summoned as trustee of plaintiff When an action is brought for the recovery of a demand and the defendant is summoned as a trustee of the plaintiff, the action shall be continued to await the disclosure of the trustee unless the court otherwise orders, and if the defendant is adjudged trustee, the disclosure and the proceedings thereon may be given in evidence on the trial of the action between the trustee and his creditor.