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2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §707. Service of process on vacating office of sheriff

§707. Service of process on vacating office of sheriff
Sheriffs and their deputies have the same authority and their deputies are under the same obligation to serve, execute and return all processes in their hands, when for any cause they cease to hold such office, as before. Official neglects or misdoings of a deputy after his principal is out of office are a breach of such sheriff's bond.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §708. Sheriff a party

§708. Sheriff a party
All writs and precepts in which the sheriff of any county is a party may, unless served or executed by a constable, be served or executed by the sheriff of any county adjoining that of which he is sheriff.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §709. Service on deputy sheriff or civil deputy sheriff

§709. Service on deputy sheriff or civil deputy sheriff
Any writ or precept in which the deputy or civil deputy, as defined in Title 30-A, section 351, subsection 5, of a sheriff is a party may be served by any other deputy or civil deputy of the same sheriff.   [PL 2017, c. 332, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 332, §2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §710. Service of precepts for work-jails in one or more counties

§710. Service of precepts for work-jails in one or more counties
An officer of any county qualified to serve precepts in criminal cases in the county where he resides may serve any precept required by the laws providing for work-jails, whether such service is performed in whole or in part in one or more counties, and processes shall be issued and directed accordingly.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §711. Action under bastardy laws; service of precept by constable or sheriff (REPEALED)

§711. Action under bastardy laws; service of precept by constable or sheriff
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 217, §1 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §712. Service in actions for breach of duty of officer where principal out of State

§712. Service in actions for breach of duty of officer where principal out of State
In actions against sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables for breach of official duty where the principal defendant is out of the State, service may be made on such defendant by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to each of the sureties on his official bond 14 days before the return day thereof, and the Superior Court may order further notice to the defendant by publication of an abstract of the complaint and order thereon in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the complaint is returnable or in the state paper or in such other manner as the court directs. If the order is complied with and proved, the defendant shall answer to the action and judgment in such case has the same effect as if personal service was made upon the principal defendant.   [PL 1987, c. 667, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 667, §8 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 203: PROCESS › Subchapter 4: SERVICE › 14 §713. Constables of Bristol may serve on islands

§713. Constables of Bristol may serve on islands
The constables of the Town of Bristol may serve all precepts on Muscongus and Harbor Islands, in the County of Lincoln, the same as in their own town, until and unless said islands can legally elect constables.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §751. Twenty years

§751. Twenty years
Except as provided in Title 11, sections 2‑725 and 3‑1118, subsection (1), personal actions on contracts or liabilities under seal, promissory notes signed in the presence of an attesting witness, or on the bills, notes or other evidences of debt issued by a bank must be commenced within 20 years after the cause of action accrues.   [PL 2017, c. 251, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 306, §30 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 251, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752. Six years

§752. Six years
All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment or decree of any court of record of the United States, or of any state, or of a justice of the peace in this State, and except as otherwise specially provided.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752-A. Design professionals

§752-A. Design professionals
All civil actions for malpractice or professional negligence against architects or engineers duly licensed or registered under Title 32 shall be commenced within 4 years after such malpractice or negligence is discovered, but in no event shall any such action be commenced more than 10 years after the substantial completion of the construction contract or the substantial completion of the services provided, if a construction contract is not involved. The limitation periods provided by this section shall not apply if the parties have entered into a valid contract which by its terms provides for limitation periods other than those set forth in this section.   [PL 1975, c. 434 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 434 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752-B. Ski areas

§752-B. Ski areas
All civil actions for property damage, bodily injury or death against a ski area owner or operator or tramway owner or operator or its employees, as defined under Title 32, chapter 133, whether based on tort or breach of contract or otherwise, arising out of participation in skiing or hang gliding or the use of a tramway associated with skiing or hang gliding must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. H, §5 (AMD); PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. H, §17 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 608, §1 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 514, §2 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §H5 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §H17 (AFF).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752-C. Sexual acts towards minors

§752-C. Sexual acts towards minors
1.  No limitation.
Actions based upon sexual acts toward minors may be commenced at any time.
[PL 1999, c. 639, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Sexual acts toward minors defined.
As used in this section, "sexual acts toward minors" means the following acts that are committed against or engaged in with a person under the age of majority:
A. [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (RP).]
B. [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (RP).]
C. Gross sexual assault, as described in Title 17‑A, section 253;   [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (NEW).]
D. Sexual abuse of a minor, as described in Title 17‑A, section 254;   [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (NEW).]
E. Unlawful sexual contact, as described in Title 17‑A, section 255‑A;   [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (NEW).]
F. Unlawful sexual touching, as described in Title 17‑A, section 260;   [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (NEW).]
G. Sexual exploitation of a minor, as described in Title 17‑A, section 282; or   [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (NEW).]
H. Incest, as described in Title 17‑A, section 556.   [PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (AMD).]
3.  Application.
This section applies to all actions based upon sexual acts toward minors regardless of the date of the sexual act and regardless of whether the statute of limitations on such actions expired prior to the effective date of this subsection.
[PL 2021, c. 301, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 343, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 292 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 551, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 551, §2 (AFF). PL 1993, c. 176, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 639, §1 (RPR). PL 2021, c. 301, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 475, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752-D. Land surveyors

§752-D. Land surveyors
All civil actions for professional negligence against a professional land surveyor duly licensed or registered under Title 32 must be commenced within 4 years after the negligence is discovered, but an action may not be commenced more than 10 years after the completion of the contract for services or the completion of the services provided if a contract for services is not involved.   [PL 2007, c. 345, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 161, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 345, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752-E. Crime victims; profits from crime

§752-E. Crime victims; profits from crime
1.  Limitation period.
Actions based upon a criminal offense in which, as that offense is defined, there is a victim, as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2101, subsection 2, brought by or on behalf of a victim against the offender must be commenced within the limitation period otherwise provided or within 3 years of the time the victim discovers or reasonably should have discovered any profits from the crime, whichever occurs later.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §27 (AMD).]
2.  Notice to victims.
A person or organization that knowingly pays or agrees to pay any profits from a criminal offense in which, as that offense is defined, there is a victim to a person charged with or convicted of that crime shall make reasonable efforts to notify every victim, as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2101, subsection 2, of the payment or agreement to pay as soon as practicable after discovering that the payment or intended payment constitutes profits from the crime. Reasonable efforts must include, but are not limited to, seeking information about victims from court records and the prosecuting attorney and mailing notice by certified mail to victims whose address is known and publishing, at least once every 6 months for 3 years, in newspapers of general circulation in the area where the crime occurred a legal notice to unknown victims or victims whose address is unknown.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §27 (AMD).]
3.  Definition.
As used in this section, "profits from the crime" means any property obtained through or income generated from the commission of a crime; any property obtained by or income generated from the sale, conversion or exchange of proceeds of a crime, including any gain realized by such a sale, conversion or exchange; and any property that the offender obtained by committing the crime or income generated as a result of having committed the crime, including any assets obtained through the use of unique knowledge obtained during the commission of, or in preparation for the commission of, the crime, as well as any property obtained by or income generated from the sale, conversion or exchange of the property and any gain realized by such a sale, conversion or exchange.
[PL 1997, c. 320, §1 (NEW).]
4.  Construction.
Nothing in this section may be construed to expand civil liability or to restrict any defense to civil liability except as specified in subsection 1 with respect to the limitation period.
[PL 1997, c. 320, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1997, c. 320, §1 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §27 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §752-F. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

§752-F. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
A cause of action arising out of any harm or injury caused by a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance accrues on the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered such harm or injury. For the purposes of this section, "perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance" means any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. This section does not affect application of notice requirements for filing under section 8107 or the limitation on actions against a government entity under section 8110.   [PL 2021, c. 328, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 328, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §753. Two years

§753. Two years
Actions for slander and libel must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues.   [PL 2021, c. 207, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 804, §§1,22 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 207, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §753-A. Actions against attorneys (REPEALED)

§753-A. Actions against attorneys
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 804, §§2,22 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 115, §1 (RP). PL 2001, c. 115, §3 (AFF).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §753-B. Actions against attorneys

§753-B. Actions against attorneys
1.  Time when statute starts to run, generally.
In actions alleging professional negligence, malpractice or breach of contract for legal service by a licensed attorney, the statute of limitations starts to run from the date of the act or omission giving rise to the injury, not from the discovery of the malpractice, negligence or breach of contract, except as provided in this section or as the statute of limitations may be suspended by other laws.
[PL 2001, c. 115, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 115, §3 (AFF).]
2.  Rendering of title opinion.
In an action alleging professional negligence in the rendering of a real estate title opinion, the statute of limitations starts to run on the date the negligence is discovered, but in no event may an action be commenced more than 20 years after the act or omission giving rise to the injury.
[PL 2001, c. 115, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 115, §3 (AFF).]
3.  Drafting of last will and testament.
In an action alleging professional negligence in the drafting of a last will and testament that has been offered for probate, the statute of limitations starts to run on the date the negligence is discovered.
[PL 2001, c. 115, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 115, §3 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 115, §2 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 115, §3 (AFF).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §754. One year

§754. One year
No action shall be commenced against bail unless within one year after judgment was rendered against the principal; nor against sureties on bonds in criminal cases unless within one year after default of the principal; nor against any person adjudged trustee, unless within one year from the expiration of the first execution against the principal and his goods, effects and credits in the hands of the trustee. No action in behalf of the State against sureties in criminal cases shall be brought unless within one year after default of the principal.   [PL 1965, c. 356, §10 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 356, §10 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §801. Rights of entry and action barred in 20 years

§801. Rights of entry and action barred in 20 years
No person shall commence any real or mixed action for the recovery of lands, or make an entry thereon, unless within 20 years after the right to do so first accrued, or unless within 20 years after he or those under whom he claims were seized or possessed of the premises, except as provided in this subchapter.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §802. Right begins to run

§802. Right begins to run
If such right or title first accrued to an ancestor, predecessor or other person under whom the plaintiff claims, said 20 years shall be computed from the time when the right or title first accrued to such ancestor, predecessor or other person.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §803. Right deemed to accrue

§803. Right deemed to accrue
The right of entry or of action to recover land, as used in this subchapter, first accrues at the following times:
1.  When disseized.
When a person is disseized, at the time of such disseizin;
2.  Heir or devisee.
When he claims as heir or devisee of one who died seized, at the time of such death, unless there is a tenancy by the curtesy or other estate intervening after the death of the ancestor or devisor; in that case, his right accrues when such intermediate estate expires, or would expire by its own limitation;
3.  Intermediate estate.
When there is such an intermediate estate, and in all cases, when the party claims by force of any remainder or reversion, his right accrues when the intermediate estate would expire by its own limitation, notwithstanding any forfeiture thereof for which he might enter at an earlier time.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §804. Entry for condition broken

§804. Entry for condition broken
Section 803 shall not prevent any person from entering, when so entitled by reason of any forfeiture or breach of condition; but if he claims under such a title, his right accrues when the forfeiture was incurred or the condition broken.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §805. Accrual of right of entry

§805. Accrual of right of entry
In all cases not otherwise provided for, the right of entry accrues when the claimant, or the person under whom he claims, first became entitled to the possession of the premises under the title on which the entry or action is founded.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §806. Action by minister or sole corporation

§806. Action by minister or sole corporation
If a minister or other sole corporation is disseized, any of his successors may enter upon the premises or bring an action for their recovery at any time within 5 years after the death, resignation or removal of the person disseized, notwithstanding 20 years after disseizin have expired.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §807. Minors and other disabled persons

§807. Minors and other disabled persons
When such right of entry or action first accrues, if the person thereto entitled is a minor, mentally ill, imprisoned or absent from the United States, he, or anyone claiming under him, may make the entry or bring the action at any time within 10 years after such disability is removed, notwithstanding 20 years have expired.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §808. Death during period of disability

§808. Death during period of disability
If the person first entitled to make the entry or bring the action dies during the continuance of the disability and no determination or judgment has been had on his title or right of action, the entry may be made or action brought by his heirs, or other person claiming under him, at any time within 10 years after his death, notwithstanding the 20 years have elapsed; but no such further time for bringing the action or making the entry, beyond that hereinbefore prescribed, shall be allowed by reason of the disability of any other person.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §809. Death of tenant in tail or remainderman before end of limitation

§809. Death of tenant in tail or remainderman before end of limitation
When a tenant in tail or a remainderman in tail dies before the expiration of the period limited for making an entry or bringing an action for lands, no person claiming any estate which such tenant in tail or remainderman might have barred shall make an entry or bring an action to recover such land, except within the period during which the tenant in tail or remainderman, if he had so long lived, might have done it.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §810. Type of possession; need for enclosure

§810. Type of possession; need for enclosure
To constitute a disseizin, or such exclusive and adverse possession of lands as to bar or limit the right of the true owner thereof to recover them, such lands need not be surrounded with fences or rendered inaccessible by water; but it is sufficient, if the possession, occupation and improvement are open, notorious and comporting with the ordinary management of a farm; although that part of the same, which composes the woodland belonging to such farm and used therewith as a woodlot, is not so enclosed.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §810-A. Mistake of boundary line

§810-A. Mistake of boundary line
If a person takes possession of land by mistake as to the location of the true boundary line, the possessor's mistaken belief does not defeat a claim of adverse possession.   [PL 2009, c. 255, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 244, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 255, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §811. Failure of first action; effect on limitations

§811. Failure of first action; effect on limitations
If the summons and complaint in a real or mixed action fails of sufficient service or return by unavoidable cause, or if by the default or negligence of any officer to whom it was delivered or directed for service, the action is dismissed; or if the action is defeated for any matter of form or by the death or other disability of either party, or if the plaintiff's judgment is reversed on appeal, the plaintiff may commence a new action at any time within 6 months after the determination of the first action or the reversal of the judgment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §812. Acquisition of rights-of-way and easements by adverse possession; notice to prevent

§812. Acquisition of rights-of-way and easements by adverse possession; notice to prevent
No person, class of persons or the public shall acquire a right-of-way or other easement through, in, upon or over the land of another by the adverse use and enjoyment thereof, unless it is continued uninterruptedly for 20 years. If a person apprehends that a right-of-way or other easement in or over his land may be acquired by custom, use or otherwise by any person, class of persons or the public, he may give public notice of his intention to prevent the acquisition of such easement by causing a copy of such notice to be posted in some conspicuous place upon the premises for 6 successive days, or in the case of land in the unorganized territory, by causing a copy of such notice to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county where his land lies, and such posting or recording shall prevent the acquiring of such easement by use for any length of time thereafter; or he may prevent a particular person or persons from acquiring such easement by causing an attested copy of such notice to be served by an officer qualified to serve civil process upon him or them in hand or by leaving it at his or their dwelling house, or, if the person to whom such notice is to be given is not in the State such copy may be left with the tenant or occupant of the estate, if any. If there is no such tenant or occupant, a copy of such notice shall be posted for 6 successive days in some conspicuous place upon such estate. Such notice from the agent, guardian or conservator of the owner of land shall have the same effect as a notice from the owner himself. A certificate by an officer qualified to serve civil process that such copy has been served or posted by him as provided, if made upon original notice and recorded with it, within 3 months after the service or posting in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land lies, shall be conclusive evidence of such service or posting.   [PL 1971, c. 450, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 450, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §812-A. Dedication of land in the unorganized territory to public use; notice to prevent

§812-A. Dedication of land in the unorganized territory to public use; notice to prevent
If a person apprehends that his land in the unorganized territory or any interest therein may be dedicated to public use by custom, use or by any act or acts of that person or any persons acting on his behalf, he may give public notice that he has no intent to dedicate his land or any interest therein to public use, by causing a copy of such notice to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county where the land lies, and such recording shall prevent such dedication. The failure to do so shall not create any implication of dedication.   [PL 1971, c. 450, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 450, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §812-B. Recording requirements

§812-B. Recording requirements
To satisfy the recording provisions of sections 812 and 812‑A, with respect to land in the unorganized territory, the notice shall describe the land specifically or by reference to source of title, so as to identify it, and shall not be in the form of a reference to whatever land the person may own in the respective county or township. Such notice shall expire after 10 years but new notices, each effective for a 10-year period, may be so recorded at any time.   [PL 1979, c. 541, Pt. A, §138 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 450, §3 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 541, §A138 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §813. Adverse obstruction on rights-of-way; interruption by notice

§813. Adverse obstruction on rights-of-way; interruption by notice
No right-of-way or other easement existing in, upon, over or through the land of another shall be extinguished by the adverse obstruction thereof, unless such adverse obstruction has been continued uninterruptedly for 20 years. A notice in writing given by the owner of such right-of-way or other easement to the person whose land is subject thereto, setting forth said owner's intention to contest the extinguishment of such right-of-way or other easement, and duly served and recorded as provided in section 812, shall be deemed an interruption of such obstruction and prevent the extinguishment of such right-of-way or other easement.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §814. Trespass on wild lands; notice to quit; record; private roads in unorganized territory

§814. Trespass on wild lands; notice to quit; record; private roads in unorganized territory
If any person without right dwells upon or in any manner occupies any lands which on the first day of April, 1883 were wild lands, any owner of such wild lands or of any legal or equitable interest therein may cause a notice to quit such lands to be served upon such person by any sheriff or deputy sheriff, by giving the same to such person in hand. Such officer shall make his return upon a copy of such notice certified by him to be a true copy, and within 60 days thereafter such owner may cause such copy and return to be recorded in the registry of deeds in the county or district where said land is located. Proceedings had and taken as specified shall bar such person who has so entered or dwells upon such wild land from obtaining any rights by adverse possession to the land upon which he has so entered. Such person shall be entitled to the benefits of all the provisions of law relating to betterments.
In roads privately owned in unorganized territory notwithstanding the other provisions of this subchapter, no title or interest shall be acquired against the owners thereof by adverse possession, prescription or acquiescence, however exclusive or long continued.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §815. Forty years' possession bars action for recovery of land

§815. Forty years' possession bars action for recovery of land
No real or mixed action for the recovery of lands shall be commenced or maintained against any person in possession thereof, when such person or those under whom he claims have been in actual possession for more than 40 years, claiming to hold them by adverse, open, peaceable, notorious and exclusive possession, in their own right.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 2: REAL ACTIONS › 14 §816. Limitations of actions for uncultivated lands in incorporated places

§816. Limitations of actions for uncultivated lands in incorporated places
No real or mixed action for the recovery of uncultivated lands or of any undivided fractional part thereof, situated in any place incorporated for any purpose, shall be commenced or maintained against any person, or entry made thereon, when such person or those under whom he claims have, continuously for the 20 years next prior to the commencement of such action or the making of such entry, claimed said lands or said undivided fractional part thereof under recorded deeds; and have, during said 20 years, paid all taxes assessed on said lands or on such undivided fractional part thereof, however said tax may have been assessed whether on an undivided fractional part of said lands or on a certain number of acres thereof equal approximately to the acreage of said lands or of said fractional part thereof; and have, during said 20 years, held such exclusive, peaceable, continuous and adverse possession thereof as comports with the ordinary management of such lands or of undivided fractional parts of such lands in this State.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §851. Actions against sheriff for escape; for misconduct

§851. Actions against sheriff for escape; for misconduct
Actions for escape of prisoners committed on execution shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrues, but actions against a sheriff, for negligence or misconduct of himself or his deputies, shall be commenced within 4 years after the cause of action accrues.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §852. Mutual and open accounts current

§852. Mutual and open accounts current
In contract actions to recover the balance due, where there have been mutual dealings between the parties, the items of which are unsettled, whether kept or proved by one party or both, the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue at the time of the last item proved in such account.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §853. Persons under disability may bring action when disability removed

§853. Persons under disability may bring action when disability removed
If a person entitled to bring any of the actions under sections 752 to 754, including section 752‑C, and under sections 851 and 852 and Title 24, section 2902 and, until July 1, 2017, section 2902‑B is a minor, mentally ill, imprisoned or without the limits of the United States when the cause of action accrues, the action may be brought within the times limited herein after the disability is removed.   [PL 2013, c. 329, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 492, §2 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 343, §2 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 329, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §854. Actions for breach of promise to marry prohibited

§854. Actions for breach of promise to marry prohibited
No action or proceeding to recover damages for breach of promise to marry shall be maintained.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §855. Commencement of new action after failure, defeat or reversal

§855. Commencement of new action after failure, defeat or reversal
When a summons fails of sufficient service or return by unavoidable accident, or default, or negligence of the officer to whom it was delivered or directed, or the action is otherwise defeated for any matter of form, or by the death of either party the plaintiff may commence a new action on the same demand within 6 months after determination of the original action; and if he dies and the cause of action survives, his executor or administrator may commence such new action within said 6 months.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §856. Death of either party before action commenced (REPEALED)

§856. Death of either party before action commenced
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 540, §17 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §857. Rights of alien enemies in time of war

§857. Rights of alien enemies in time of war
If a person is disabled from prosecuting an action in this State by reason of being an alien subject or citizen of a country at war with the United States, the time during which such war continues shall not be a part of the period herein limited for the commencement of any of said actions.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §858. Limitation on actions for penalties

§858. Limitation on actions for penalties
Actions for any penalty or forfeiture on a penal statute, brought by a person to whom the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense. If no person so prosecutes, it may be recovered by civil action, indictment or information in the name and for the use of the State at any time within 2 years after the commission of the offense, and not afterwards.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §859. Limitation extended in cases of fraud

§859. Limitation extended in cases of fraud
If a person, liable to any action mentioned, fraudulently conceals the cause thereof from the person entitled thereto, or if a fraud is committed which entitles any person to an action, the action may be commenced at any time within 6 years after the person entitled thereto discovers that he has just cause of action, except as provided in section 3580.   [PL 1985, c. 641, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 641, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §860. Renewal of promise in writing

§860. Renewal of promise in writing
In actions founded on any contract, no acknowledgment or promise takes the case out of the operation hereof, unless the acknowledgment or promise is express, in writing and signed by the party chargeable thereby. No such acknowledgment or promise made by one joint contractor affects the liability of the others.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §861. Judgment where action barred against some and not others

§861. Judgment where action barred against some and not others
In actions against 2 or more joint contractors, if it appears on trial or otherwise that the plaintiff is barred by the provisions hereof as to one or more of the defendants, but is entitled to recover against any other by virtue of a new acknowledgment, promise or otherwise judgment shall be rendered for the plaintiff against such other, and for the other defendants against the plaintiff.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §862. When nonjoinder of defendants is pleaded

§862. When nonjoinder of defendants is pleaded
In an action on a contract, if the defendant pleads that another person ought to have been jointly sued and issue is joined thereon, and it appears on the trial that the action was barred by the provisions hereof against such person, the issue shall be found for the plaintiff.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §863. Partial payment and indorsement

§863. Partial payment and indorsement
Nothing herein contained alters, takes away or lessens the effect of payment of any principal or interest made by any person, but no indorsement or memorandum of such payment made on a promissory note, bill of exchange or other writing, by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment is made or purports to be made, is sufficient proof of payment to take the case out of the statute of limitations. No such payment made by one joint contractor or his executor or administrator affects the liability of another.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §864. Presumption of payment after 20 years

§864. Presumption of payment after 20 years
Every judgment and decree of any court of record of the United States or of any state or justice of the peace in this State is presumed to be paid and satisfied at the end of 20 years after any duty or obligations accrued by virtue of such judgment or decree, except for a child support order. For the purposes of this section, "child support order" means a judgment, decree or order, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages or reimbursement and may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorney's fees and other relief.   [PL 2017, c. 102, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 102, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §865. Application of limitations to counterclaims

§865. Application of limitations to counterclaims
All the provisions hereof respecting limitations apply to any counterclaim by the defendant except a counterclaim arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the plaintiff's claim to the extent of the demand in the plaintiff's claim. The time of such limitation shall be computed as if an action had been commenced therefor at the time the plaintiff's action was commenced.   [PL 1969, c. 367, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 367, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §866. Defendant out of State when action commenced; insolvency

§866. Defendant out of State when action commenced; insolvency
If a person is out of the State when a cause of action accrues against him, the action may be commenced within the time limited therefor after he comes into the State. If a person is absent from and resides out of the State, after a cause of action has accrued against him, the time of his absence from the State shall not be taken as a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action. If a person is adjudged an insolvent debtor after a cause of action has accrued against him, and such cause of action is one provable in insolvency, the time of the pendency of his insolvency proceedings shall not be taken as a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action. No action shall be brought by any person whose cause of action has been barred by the laws of any state, territory or country while all the parties have resided therein.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §867. Foreign corporations covered by limitations

§867. Foreign corporations covered by limitations
Any foreign corporation, doing business continuously in this State and having constantly an officer or agent resident herein on whom service of any process may be made, shall be entitled to the benefit of all provisions of law relating to limitation of actions the same as domestic corporations.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §868. Action to recover damages for land taken for public use

§868. Action to recover damages for land taken for public use
No action or proceeding shall be brought or maintained to recover damages caused by the taking of any land, rights or other property to be used for a public purpose when such taking has been authorized by the Legislature, unless the same is commenced within 3 years after the cause first accrued for which the same or like proceedings might have been commenced, nor shall any compensation be awarded for damages sustained for more than 3 years before the commencement of proceedings to recover the same.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §869. Action barred when no administrator 6 years after death

§869. Action barred when no administrator 6 years after death
Where no administration is had upon the estate of a deceased person within 6 years from the date of death of said decedent and no petition for administration is pending, all actions upon any claim against said decedent shall be barred.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL › Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS › Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS › 14 §870. Judgment by perjury; action on case

§870. Judgment by perjury; action on case
1.  Action; within 3 years.
When a judgment has been obtained against a party by the perjury of a witness introduced at the trial by the adverse party, the injured party may, within 3 years after that judgment or after final disposition of any motion for relief from the judgment, bring an action against such adverse party, or any perjured witness or confederate in the perjury, to recover the damages sustained by the injured party by reason of such perjury. The judgment in the former action does not bar an action under this section.
[PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Specificity of claim.
A claim under this section must identify the specific testimony alleged to be false at the initial filing of the claim.
[PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Record; evidence.
A claim may not be submitted under this section solely on the same record as in the former trial. Evidence discoverable by due diligence before the trial cannot be introduced as new evidence to establish perjury.
[PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (NEW).]
4.  Standard of proof.
The plaintiff in an action under this section must prove the alleged perjury by clear and convincing evidence.
[PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (NEW).]
5.  Affirmative defense.
It is an affirmative defense to an action under this section that the plaintiff has no new evidence to present concerning the alleged perjury.
[PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (NEW).]
6.  Strictly construed.
The pleading and proof requirements of this section must be strictly construed.
[PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 187, §1 (RPR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 301: JUDGES › 14 §1101. Power of court unaffected by existence or expiration of term

§1101. Power of court unaffected by existence or expiration of term
The existence or expiration of a term of court in no way affects the power of a court to do any act or take any proceeding in any civil action.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 301: JUDGES › 14 §1102. Judge may sit by consent where his town or county is party (REPEALED)

§1102. Judge may sit by consent where his town or county is party
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 253 (RP).