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14 ME Rev Stat § 6655 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6655. Description of unknown persons

 §6655. Description of unknown persons If, in an action to quiet or establish the title to land situated in this State or to remove a cloud from the title thereto, the plaintiff, or those under whom he claims, has been in uninterrupted possession of the land described in the complaint for 4 years or more, claiming an estate of freehold therein, and seeks to determine the claims or rights of any persons who are unascertained, not in being, unknown or out of the State, or who cannot be actually served with process and made personally amenable to the decree of the court, such persons may be made defendants and, if they are unascertained, not in being or unknown, they may be described generally as the heirs or legal representatives of A.B., or such persons as shall become heirs, devisees or appointees of C.D., a living person, or persons claiming under A.B. It shall not be necessary for the maintenance of such action that the defendants shall have a claim or the possibility of a claim resting upon an instrument, the cancellation or surrender of which would afford the relief desired; but it shall be sufficient that they claim or may claim by purchase, descent or otherwise, some right, title, interest or estate in the land which is the subject of the action and that their claim depends upon the construction of a written instrument or cannot be met by the plaintiffs without the production of evidence. Two or more persons who claim to own separate and distinct parcels of land in the same county by titles derived from a common source, or 2 or more persons who have separate and distinct interests in the same parcel, may join as plaintiffs in any action brought under this section.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6656 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6656. Service on missing defendant; agent; expenses

 §6656. Service on missing defendant; agent; expenses Service in such action shall be as provided in section 6653. Notice given under this section shall be constructive service on all the defendants. If, after notice has been given or served as ordered by the court and the time limited in such notice for the appearance of the defendants has expired, the court finds that there are or may be defendants who have not been actually served with process and who have not appeared in the action, it may of its own motion, or on the representation of any party, appoint an agent, guardian ad litem or next friend for any such defendant, and if any such defendants have or may have conflicting interests, it may appoint different agents, guardians ad litem or next friends to represent them. The cost of appearance of any such agent, guardian ad litem or next friend, including the compensation of his counsel, shall be determined by the court and paid by the plaintiff, against whom execution may issue therefor in the name of the agent, guardian ad litem or next friend.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6657 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6657. Proceedings in court

 §6657. Proceedings in court After all the defendants have been served with process or notified as provided in section 6656, and after the appointment of an agent, guardian ad litem or next friend, if such appointment has been made, the court may proceed as though all the defendants had been actually served with process. Such action shall be a proceeding in rem against the land, and a decree establishing or declaring the validity, nature or extent of the plaintiff's title may be entered, and shall operate directly on the land and shall have the force of a release made by or on behalf of all defendants of all claims inconsistent with the title established or declared thereby. This section and sections 6655 and 6656 shall not prevent the court from exercising jurisdiction in personam against the defendants who have been actually served with process and who are personally amenable to its decrees.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6658 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6658. Action by owners of wild land

 §6658. Action by owners of wild land Any person or persons claiming an estate of freehold in wild lands or in an interest in common and undivided therein, if the plaintiff and those under whom he claims has for 4 years next prior to the filing of the complaint held such open, exclusive, peaceable, continuous and adverse possession thereof as comports with the ordinary management of wild lands in this State, may maintain an action to quiet or establish the title thereto or to remove a cloud from the title thereto, as provided in sections 6655 to 6657.
14 ME Rev Stat § 6659 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6659. Action by abutters of discontinued road or way

 §6659. Action by abutters of discontinued road or way Any person or persons claiming an estate of freehold in a discontinued road or way, or in a portion thereof, or an interest in common and undivided therein, may maintain an action as provided in sections 6651 to 6654, or as provided in sections 6655 to 6657 in regard to said discontinued road or way, or portion thereof, without the need or necessity of showing 4 years of possession next prior to the filing of the complaint, provided that the claim of said person or persons to the discontinued road or way, or portion thereof, is based upon fee simple ownership of the land immediately adjoining said discontinued road or way.   [PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6660 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6660. Burden of proof

 §6660. Burden of proof In the trial of any action regarding title to a discontinued road or way, or portion thereof, brought pursuant to a decree under section 6654 or pursuant to sections 6655 to 6657, or of a counterclaim asserted pursuant to section 6654, the burden of proof concerning the construction of any deed or conveyance shall be borne by the party which is adverse to the party so owning said land immediately adjoining the discontinued road or way.   [PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6661 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6661. Application

 §6661. Application Sections 6659 and 6660 apply only in built-up areas as defined in Title 29-A, section 2074, subsection 2 in such cities and towns whose population exceeds 5,000 according to the last Federal Decennial Census.   [PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §42 (AMD); PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §153 (AFF); PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. C, §15 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 78, §112 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 65, §A42 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 65, §§A153,C15 (AFF).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6662 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6662. Extinguishment of mineral rights

 §6662. Extinguishment of mineral rights 1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings.   A. "Mineral" means all naturally occurring mineral deposits, including hydrocarbons and peat, but excluding sand, gravel and water.   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).]B. "Mineral interest" means the interest in minerals which is created by an instrument transferring by grant, assignment, lease or otherwise, any interest in any mineral.   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).]C. "Use of the mineral interest" means:   (1) Payment of rents or royalties for the option or exercise of mineral rights;   (2) Payment of any excise tax under Title 36, sections 2851 to 2865;   (3) Extraction of minerals from the ground in quantities in excess of that necessary to conduct exploratory activity; or   (4) Filing of a statement of claim under subsection 3.   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).][PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).] 2.  Claim.  A person claiming an estate in a mineral interest may maintain an action, as provided in sections 6651 to 6654 or sections 6655 to 6657, without the necessity of showing 4 years of possession next prior to filing of that complaint, provided that the person is the fee simple owner of the land which is subject to that interest.   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).] 3.  Assertion of claim.  An owner, assignee or lessee of a mineral interest may file a statement of claim with the registrar of deeds of the county in which the land subject to the mineral interest is located. The claim shall contain his name and address, a description of the land that is subject to that interest and a legal description of the mineral interest.   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).] 4.  Court; finding.  The court, in an action brought under subsection 2, shall find that the mineral interest is extinguished and shall order that title to the mineral interest is in the complainant if:   A. The owner, assignee or lessee of the mineral interest has failed to make use of the mineral interest during a period of 50 consecutive years next prior to the filing of the complaint; and   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).]B. Two years have passed since notice of the complaint under subsection 2 was served and the owner, assignee or lessee of the mineral interest has not filed a statement of claim under subsection 3 during that period.   [PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).][PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 189 (NEW).
14 ME Rev Stat § 6663 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE|14 §6663. Claim of prescriptive easement over abandoned way (REPEALED)

 §6663. Claim of prescriptive easement over abandoned way (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 677, §1 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 244, §1 (RP).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7101 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 727: RECOVERY OF COLLECTION PAYMENTS FROM ATTORNEYS|14 §7101. Summary proceedings authorized

 §7101. Summary proceedings authorized If an attorney-at-law receives money or any valuable thing on a claim left with him for collection or settlement and fails to account for and pay over the same to the claimant for 10 days after demand, he is guilty of a breach of duty as an attorney. Such claimant may file in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court in the county where such attorney resides, a motion in writing under oath setting forth the facts. Thereupon any Justice of the Superior Court shall issue an order requiring the attorney to appear on a day fixed and show cause why he should not so account and pay, and to abide the order of such justice in the premises, which shall be served by copy in hand at least 5 days before the return day.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7102 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 727: RECOVERY OF COLLECTION PAYMENTS FROM ATTORNEYS|14 §7102. Procedure

 §7102. Procedure If such attorney then appears, he shall file an answer to such motion under oath and such justice may examine the parties and other evidence pertinent thereto. If he does not appear and answer, the facts set forth in the motion shall be taken as confessed. In either case such justice shall render such decree as equity requires.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7103 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 727: RECOVERY OF COLLECTION PAYMENTS FROM ATTORNEYS|14 §7103. Appeals

 §7103. Appeals Either party may appeal from any ruling or decree of such justice to the law court as in any civil action.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7104 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 727: RECOVERY OF COLLECTION PAYMENTS FROM ATTORNEYS|14 §7104. Contempt for failure to comply

 §7104. Contempt for failure to comply If the attorney does not perform the decree of such justice, he shall be committed for contempt until he does or is otherwise lawfully discharged, and his name shall be struck from the roll of attorneys.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7105 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 727: RECOVERY OF COLLECTION PAYMENTS FROM ATTORNEYS|14 §7105. Claimant may sue at common law; disclosure

 §7105. Claimant may sue at common law; disclosure The claimant may have his suit at common law against such attorney before filing such motion or after an adverse decision thereon. If judgment is recovered against the attorney in either mode, the fact shall be noted on the margin of the execution issued thereon. When the debtor is arrested thereon, he shall be committed to jail and no citation to disclose shall be issued until he has been there for 90 days.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7151 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7151. Seizure of forfeited personal property

 §7151. Seizure of forfeited personal property When personal property is forfeited for an offense and no special mode is prescribed for recovering it, any person entitled to the whole or part thereof may seize and keep it until final judgment unless restored on the bond as provided.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7152 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7152. Restoration to claimant on giving bond

 §7152. Restoration to claimant on giving bond If the person claiming it for himself or another gives bond to the party seizing, with sufficient surety, to pay the appraised value when it is decreed forfeited, it shall be restored to him.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7153 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7153. Appraisal

 §7153. Appraisal The value shall be ascertained by the appraisement of 3 disinterested persons mutually chosen by the parties, or, if they cannot agree, by a justice of the peace in the county.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §19 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A56 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §19 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7154 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7154. Inventory and appraisal if no claimant

 §7154. Inventory and appraisal if no claimant If no person claims the property after such seizure, the party seizing shall cause an inventory and appraisement thereof to be made by 3 disinterested persons, under oath, appointed by a justice of the peace in the county.   [PL 1967, c. 544, §39 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 544, §39 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7155 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7155. Libel in Superior Court; notice

 §7155. Libel in Superior Court; notice The party seizing, within 20 days, shall file a complaint in the clerk's office of the Superior Court in the county where the offense was committed, stating the cause of seizure and praying for an order of forfeiture. The clerk shall thereupon make out a notice to all persons to appear at such court at the time appointed to show cause why such order should not be passed, which notice shall be published in some newspaper printed in the county, if any, if not, in the state paper, at least 14 days before the time of trial.   [PL 1967, c. 544, §40 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 544, §40 (AMD).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7156 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7156. Bond on seizure

 §7156. Bond on seizure When there is a claimant, the court may order the party seizing to give bond to him with sufficient surety for the safekeeping of the property seized, compliance with the order of court for restoration, and the payment of costs and damages, if not forfeited, and may hear and determine the cause by a jury, or without, if the parties agree, and may allow costs against the claimant. If there is no claimant, the court shall order the forfeiture and disposal of the property according to law, and a sale and distribution of the proceeds, after deducting all proper charges.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7157 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7157. Complaint not supported; property restored with damages

 §7157. Complaint not supported; property restored with damages If the complaint is not supported or is discontinued, the court shall order a restoration of the property, with costs. If the jury or court finds the seizure without probable cause, reasonable damages shall be ordered for the claimant.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7158 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 729: RECOVERY OF FORFEITED PROPERTY|14 §7158. Appeals (REPEALED)

 §7158. Appeals (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 544, §41 (RP).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7201 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7201. Breach of condition

 §7201. Breach of condition Where lands have been granted by the Colony or Province of Massachusetts Bay, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or by this State, or are hereafter granted, on certain conditions alleged to have been violated, and the State claims to be revested therein, the following proceedings shall be had.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7202 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7202. Filing of information

 §7202. Filing of information When the Legislature or Governor and Council direct, the Attorney General shall file an information in the Superior Court in the county where the lands lie stating the grant and conditions, the breaches and the claims of the State.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7203 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7203. State may maintain action; service

 §7203. State may maintain action; service The State may maintain an action against the person stated as holding the lands under such grant, returnable to said court, which shall be served 30 days before the return day.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7204 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7204. Judgment on default

 §7204. Judgment on default If the defendant does not appear and answer to such information, judgment shall be rendered that the State be reseized of its lands.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7205 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7205. Disclaimer by defendant

 §7205. Disclaimer by defendant If the defendant appears and disclaims holding said lands or any part thereof, the Attorney General shall take nothing by his information so far as respects the lands disclaimed. The defendant, and all subsequently claiming under him, shall be estopped from claiming or holding such disclaimed lands.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7206 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7206. Claim of title by defendant

 §7206. Claim of title by defendant If the defendant claims all or any part of the lands under such grant and traverses the breaches, the cause shall be tried by jury, and if the issue is found in favor of the State, judgment shall be rendered that the State be reseized of said estate and for costs; but if the issue is found for the defendant, he shall have judgment for his costs to be paid from the State Treasury.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7207 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7207. Defendant holding land exceeding grant

 §7207. Defendant holding land exceeding grant If the only alleged breach of condition is that the defendant holds more land than he has a right to hold under the grant, and it is so found by the jury or the defendant's admission, the court shall assign to him by metes and bounds so much of the land held by him as is equal in quantity to what he has a right to hold under the grant, and in such part thereof as is adjudged reasonable by the court.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7208 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7208. Location by direction of court

 §7208. Location by direction of court Such part shall be located by persons appointed by the court at the expense of the defendant and a plan thereof returned to the court. If confirmed by the court, it shall order an attested copy of the location and plan to be filed in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Forestry, and judgment shall be rendered that the State be reseized of the residue and for costs.   [PL 1973, c. 460, §18 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV); PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23 (REV).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1973, c. 460, §18 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV). PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23 (REV).
14 ME Rev Stat § 7209 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7209. Information; notice

 §7209. Information; notice In all other cases where an inquest is necessary, the Attorney General, without order of the Legislature, may file an information in said court describing the estate claimed and stating the title asserted thereto by the State. Notice shall be given as before mentioned if there is any tenant in possession; if not, the notice shall be given as the court orders at least 90 days before the sitting of the court to which it is returnable.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7210 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7210. Proceedings, judgment and costs

 §7210. Proceedings, judgment and costs If no person appears and answers to the information, or if a verdict is found that the State has good title to such estate, judgment shall be rendered that the State be seized thereof and recover costs, but if the verdict is in favor of the defendant, he shall recover his costs to be paid from the State Treasury.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7211 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7211. Information to recover escheats

 §7211. Information to recover escheats The Attorney General may file an information for recovering seizin by the State for any real estate supposed to have escheated to the State for want of legal heirs. The court shall order such notice thereon as it judges proper.
14 ME Rev Stat § 7212 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL|Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 731: RECOVERY OF LAND GRANTS|14 §7212. Tenant not to set up title of alien

 §7212. Tenant not to set up title of alien In such case, the defendant shall not avail himself of the title of an alien, or of a subject of another nation or sovereign, or of any other person, unless he shows that he is his tenant or agent.