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4 ME Rev Stat § 551 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §551. Clerks of the judicial courts; appointments

 §551. Clerks of the judicial courts; appointments For each county, or if the Supreme Judicial Court has by rule established judicial regions, for each judicial region, the Chief Justice of the Superior Court shall appoint clerks as necessary to serve the Superior Court. A clerk of the District Court may also serve as the clerk of the Superior Court. If the business of any county or judicial region does not require the full-time service of a clerk, the Chief Justice of the Superior Court may appoint a part-time clerk for that county or region. Whenever a clerk is absent or temporarily unable to perform the duties of clerk and an existing or immediate session of the court requires it, the Chief Justice of the Superior Court may designate a clerk pro tempore who has the same powers and duties as the clerk. The clerks of the Superior Court shall also serve in their respective counties or judicial regions as clerks of the Supreme Judicial Court as needed.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. I, §15 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 419, §1 (RPR). PL 1969, c. 229 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 254, §1 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 408, §21 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 735, §7 (RP). PL 1975, c. 735, §§8,9 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 131, §2 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 68, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §I15 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 552 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §552. Military or naval service (REPEALED)

 §552. Military or naval service (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 254, §2 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 553 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §553. Bond (REPEALED)

 §553. Bond (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1973, c. 625, §12 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 470, §A5 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 554 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §554. Accounting by clerks

 §554. Accounting by clerks Clerks of judicial courts shall account monthly for all fees received by them or payable to them by virtue of their office, except those portions of fees collected for passports and naturalization proceedings that are payable to the Federal Government, specify the items and pay the whole amount of the same to the Treasurer of State at such times and in such manner as the Chief Justice of the Superior Court or the Chief Justice's designee from time to time specifies.   [PL 2015, c. 44, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 330 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 544, §9 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 254, §3 (RP). PL 1975, c. 383, §6 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 408, §23 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 735, §10 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 68, §2 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 132, §3 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 44, §2 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 555 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §555. Fee schedule

 §555. Fee schedule The Supreme Judicial Court shall have the authority to prescribe rules establishing the fees of clerks of the judicial courts.   [PL 1979, c. 663, §10 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 256 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 355 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 425, §2 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 541, §A13 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 663, §10 (RPR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 557 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §557. Receipt and discharge of fines and costs voluntarily paid

 §557. Receipt and discharge of fines and costs voluntarily paid The clerk shall receive all fines, forfeitures and bills of costs imposed or accruing to the use of the State when paid or tendered to the clerk before a precept is issued to enforce collection, give discharges therefor and enter them of record.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §15 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §15 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 558 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §558. Administration of oaths

 §558. Administration of oaths Clerks of courts may administer oaths required by law unless another officer is specially required to do it.
4 ME Rev Stat § 559 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §559. Completion of records of deceased clerk

 §559. Completion of records of deceased clerk Under direction of the Superior Court, the clerk shall complete unfinished records of a former clerk deceased, when from entries on the dockets and papers on file it sufficiently appears what judgment was rendered. Such record, when approved by the court, is valid.
4 ME Rev Stat § 560 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §560. Duties as to lists of magistrates, discharges of soldiers and seamen; files of state paper (REPEALED)

 §560. Duties as to lists of magistrates, discharges of soldiers and seamen; files of state paper (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 13, §5 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 561 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §561. Taking illegal fees

 §561. Taking illegal fees A clerk who exacts or receives more than that clerk's lawful fees commits a civil violation for which a fine of $50 may be adjudged.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §16 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 696, §24 (RPR). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §16 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 562 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §562. Deputies; oath and bond; clerk pro tempore (REPEALED)

 §562. Deputies; oath and bond; clerk pro tempore (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 544, §6 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 56 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 504, §§3-A (AMD). PL 1975, c. 254, §4 (RP). PL 1975, c. 383, §§8,9 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 408, §25 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 735, §12 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 563 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §563. Record of civil cases

 §563. Record of civil cases After the rendition of final judgment or decree in any civil action, the clerk shall, as soon as may be, make such a record thereof in short form, except in such specific instances as the court by general rule or special order may direct. If either party files a request and tenders the fees therefor, a full, extended record shall be made. The court may establish the form of such short form record and full, extended record.
4 ME Rev Stat § 564 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §564. Record of criminal or traffic infraction cases; certain convictions or adjudications not criminal records

 §564. Record of criminal or traffic infraction cases; certain convictions or adjudications not criminal records In indictments, clerks shall make records of the process, proceedings, judgment and sentence as the Supreme Judicial Court may prescribe by rule. In criminal prosecutions or civil violation proceedings brought up by appeal from inferior courts, clerks shall make records of the process, proceedings, judgment and sentence as the Supreme Judicial Court may prescribe by rule.   [PL 1977, c. 114, §13 (RPR).]Convictions for violation of the fish and wildlife laws or motor vehicle traffic laws or municipal ordinances where the fine imposed does not exceed $100 or adjudications for violations constituting traffic infractions shall not be deemed to constitute a criminal record against any person so convicted or adjudicated. This section shall not exempt any court from filing court abstracts as now required by law.   [PL 1977, c. 114, §13 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 430, §19 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 731, §14 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 114, §13 (RPR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 565 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §565. Examination and correction of records

 §565. Examination and correction of records The Chief Justice of the Superior Court may cause the records of each clerk to be examined and when found deficient, direct them to be immediately made or corrected, and when such order is not obeyed, the fact of such deficiency shall be certified to the Treasurer of State, who shall cause the clerk's bond to be sued.   [PL 1985, c. 68, §3 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 68, §3 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 566 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §566. Disposal of money collected by action on clerk's bond

 §566. Disposal of money collected by action on clerk's bond The money recovered in such action shall be applied under direction of the court, to complete the deficient records. If more than sufficient, the balance inures to the State. If not sufficient, the balance may be recovered by the Treasurer of State in an action founded on the bond and facts.
4 ME Rev Stat § 567 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §567. No recording officer to be attorney or sue in own court nor draft nor aid in drafting paper to be recorded

 §567. No recording officer to be attorney or sue in own court nor draft nor aid in drafting paper to be recorded A clerk, register or recording officer of any court of the State may not be attorney or counselor in any civil action or matter pending in that court; neither may that person commence actions to be entered therein, or draft or aid in drafting any document or paper that that person is by law required to record, in full or in part. Violation of this section is a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $100 may be adjudged. Notwithstanding provisions of this section, clerks may aid litigants in the preparation of small claims filings. Nothing prevents the clerk from rendering assistance of a general nature to the bar or the public.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §17 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 383, §10 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 408, §26 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 78, §3 (RPR). PL 1977, c. 696, §25 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §17 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 568 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §568. Duties of clerks as to records; fees

 §568. Duties of clerks as to records; fees All clerks of courts shall receive and safely keep all such records and papers lodged in their offices and give attested copies thereof, for which they shall receive the same fees as a notary. Such copies shall be as valid as if certified by notaries.
4 ME Rev Stat § 569 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §569. Clerks; taking of bail authorized (REPEALED)

 §569. Clerks; taking of bail authorized (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §7 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 758, §4 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 570 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS|4 §570. Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court

 §570. Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shall appoint an executive clerk of that court, whose authority, functions and duties shall be prescribed from time to time by the Supreme Judicial Court by rule or administrative order. The executive clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court may administer oaths and may sign and issue summonses, writs and other process in the name of the State and under the seal of the court.   [PL 1985, c. 68, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 68, §4 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 921 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 18: PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS|4 §921. Definitions

 §921. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 1999, c. 379, §1 (NEW).]1.  Paralegal and legal assistant.  "Paralegal" and "legal assistant" mean a person, qualified by education, training or work experience, who is employed or retained by an attorney, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which an attorney is responsible.   [PL 1999, c. 379, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 379, §1 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 922 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 18: PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS|4 §922. Restriction on use of titles

 §922. Restriction on use of titles 1.  Prohibition.  A person may not use the title "paralegal" or "legal assistant" unless the person meets the definition in section 921, subsection 1.   [PL 1999, c. 379, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Penalty.  A person who violates subsection 1 commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not more than $1000 may be adjudged.   [PL 1999, c. 379, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 379, §1 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 951 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §951. Seal; authority to administer oaths

 §951. Seal; authority to administer oaths A notary public may keep a seal of office, engraved with the notary public's name exactly as it appears on the notary public's commission, and the words "Notary Public" and "Maine" or its abbreviation "Me.," with the arms of state or such other device as the notary public chooses. When a notary public who has obtained a seal of office resigns, or the notary public's commission is revoked or expires, the notary public or heirs shall destroy the official seal or send it to the Secretary of State for destruction. When authorized by the laws of this State or of any other state or country to do any official act, the notary public may administer any oath necessary to the completion or validity of the act.   [PL 1991, c. 465, §3 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A7 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 501, §L1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 600, §A1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 465, §3 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 951-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §951-A. Commission signature

 §951-A. Commission signature 1.  Official signature.  When performing a notarization, a notary public must sign by producing that notary public’s official signature by hand in the same form as indicated on the notary public’s commission. For the purposes of this section, the notary public’s official signature is the signature that appears on the notary public’s most recent oath of office or most recent application for a notary public commission.   [PL 2009, c. 74, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Change of signature.  If the official signature of a notary public changes during the term of the notary public's commission, the notary public shall immediately provide the Secretary of State with a new sample of the notary public’s official signature.   [PL 2009, c. 74, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 74, §1 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 952 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §952. Protests of losses; record and copies

 §952. Protests of losses; record and copies When requested, every notary public shall enter on record all losses or damages sustained or apprehended by sea or land, and all averages and such other matters as, by mercantile usage, appertain to the notary public's office, grant warrants of survey on vessels, and all facts, extracts from documents and circumstances so noted must be signed and sworn to by all the persons appearing to protest. The notary public shall note, extend and record the protest so made, and grant authenticated copies thereof, under the notary public's signature and notarial seal, to those who request and pay for them.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §32 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §32 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 953 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §953. Demand and notice on bills and notes

 §953. Demand and notice on bills and notes Any notary public may, in behalf of any person interested, present any bill of exchange or other negotiable paper for acceptance or payment to any party liable therefor, notify indorsers or other parties thereto, record and certify all contracts usually recorded or certified by notaries, and, in general, do all acts that may be done by notaries public according to the usages of merchants and authorized by law. The notary public shall record all mercantile and marine protests by the notary public noted and done in the notary public's official capacity.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §33 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A8 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §33 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 954 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §954. Acts of notary who is interested in corporation

 §954. Acts of notary who is interested in corporation Any notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a bank or other corporation may take the acknowledgement of any party to any written instrument executed to or by such corporation, or may administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or may protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments that may be owned or held for collection by such bank or other corporation. It is unlawful for any notary public to take the acknowledgment of an instrument by or to a bank or other corporation of which the notary public is a stockholder, director, officer or employee when such notary is a party to such instrument, either individually or as a representative of such bank or other corporation, or to protest any negotiable instrument owned or held for collection by such bank or other corporation, when such notary is individually a party to such instrument.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §34 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §34 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 954-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §954-A. Conflict of interest

 §954-A. Conflict of interest A notary public may not perform any notarial act for any person if that person is the notary public's spouse, parent, sibling, child, spouse's parent, spouse's sibling, spouse's child or child's spouse, except that a notary public may solemnize the marriage of the notary public's parent, sibling, child, spouse's parent, spouse's sibling or spouse's child. It is a conflict of interest for a notary public to administer an oath or affirmation to a circulator of a petition for a direct initiative or people's veto referendum under Title 21‑A, section 902 if the notary public also provides services that are not notarial acts to initiate or promote that direct initiative or people's veto referendum. This section does not affect or apply to notarial acts performed before August 4, 1988.   [PL 2017, c. 418, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 573, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 137 (AMD). RR 1997, c. 2, §6 (COR). PL 1999, c. 425, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 418, §1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 955 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §955. Copies; evidence

 §955. Copies; evidence The protest of any foreign or inland bill of exchange, promissory note or order, and all copies or certificates granted by the notary public must be under the notary public's hand and received in all courts as legal evidence of the transactions and as to the notice given to the drawer or indorser and of all facts therein contained.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §35 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A9 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §35 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 955-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §955-A. Removal from office (REPEALED)

 §955-A. Removal from office (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 74 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 771, §22 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 694, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A10 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 573, §2 (RPR). PL 1997, c. 712, §1 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 955-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §955-B. Maintenance of records

 §955-B. Maintenance of records The Secretary of State shall recommend that every notary public keep and maintain records of all notarial acts performed. The notary shall safeguard and retain exclusive custody of these records. The notary may not surrender the records to another notary or to an employer. The records may be inspected in the notary's presence by any individual whose identity is personally known to the notary or is proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence and who specifies the notarial act to be examined.   [PL 1993, c. 485, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 573, §3 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 465, §4 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 485, §1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 956 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §956. Resignation or removal; deposit of records

 §956. Resignation or removal; deposit of records The Secretary of State shall recommend that, on the resignation or removal from office of any notary public, the notary's records be transferred to the custody of the State Archivist.   [PL 1993, c. 485, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 485, §2 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 957 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §957. Injury or concealment of records

 §957. Injury or concealment of records Whoever knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals such record forfeits not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, and is liable for damages to any person injured in a civil action.
4 ME Rev Stat § 958 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §958. Fees for protest and appropriation of penalties

 §958. Fees for protest and appropriation of penalties For each protest of a bill or note, notifying parties, making a certificate thereof in due form and recording the proceedings, a notary public must receive $1.50. All penalties provided in section 957 accrue 1/2 to the State and 1/2 to the prosecutor.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §36 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §36 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 959 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC|4 §959. Grandfather clause; seal; records (REPEALED)

 §959. Grandfather clause; seal; records (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 465, §5 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 425, §2 (RP).