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2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3259. Sale of property; redemption; pro rata shares

§3259. Sale of property; redemption; pro rata shares
If it is determined that the parties or any of them, claiming a lien, have a lien upon said building and land or upon said wharf, pier, building and land, the court may decree that said property, or such interest in it as is subject to the liens or any of them, shall be sold, and shall prescribe the place, time, terms, manner and conditions of such sale. The court may order an adjournment of such sale from time to time, or the manner and conditions of any adjournment of such sale may be prescribed in the decree. A deed of the officer of the court, appointed to make such sale, recorded in the registry of deeds where the land lies, within 3 months after the sale, shall convey all the title of the debtor and the owner in the property ordered to be sold. If justice requires, the court may provide in the order of sale that the owner shall have a right to redeem the property from such sale within a time fixed in the order of sale. If the court shall determine that the whole of the land on which the lien exists is not necessary therefor, it shall describe in the order of sale a suitable lot therefor; and only so much shall be sold. The lienors shall share pro rata, provided their complaints or motions therefor are filed with the clerk of the court in which the order of sale is granted prior to the order of sale and within the time mentioned in sections 3255, 3256 and 3257. The court may make such decree in regard to costs as is equitable.   [PL 1981, c. 585, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 585, §4 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3260. Deficiency; judgment for balance

§3260. Deficiency; judgment for balance
If the proceeds of the sale after payment of costs and expenses of sale are insufficient to pay the lien claims and costs in full, the court may render judgment against the debtor in favor of each individual lienor for the balance of his claim and costs remaining unpaid, and may issue executions therefor. If the proceeds of sale, after the payment of costs and expenses of sale, are more than sufficient to pay the lien claims and all costs in full, the balance remaining shall be paid to the person or persons legally or equitably entitled thereto.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3261. Certificate to be filed with register of deeds

§3261. Certificate to be filed with register of deeds
1.  Certificate of court clerk.
When a complaint provided for in chapters 601 to 631 in which a lien is claimed on real estate is filed with the Superior Court or District Court clerk, the clerk shall forthwith, upon written request of the plaintiff's attorney, file a certificate setting forth the names of the parties, the date of the complaint and of the filing of the complaint and a description of the real estate as described in the complaint in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land is situated.
[PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Notice of lien complaint.
When a complaint has been filed with the Superior Court or District Court pursuant to this chapter, the claimant shall, within 60 days of the date on which the complaint was filed, cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land is situated either:
A. A certificate of the court clerk in accordance with subsection 1;   [PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (NEW).]
B. An affidavit of the claimant or claimant's attorney setting forth the name of the court in which the complaint was filed, the names of the parties, the date of the complaint and of the filing of the complaint, a description of the real estate as described in the complaint and the name, address and telephone number of the claimant or the claimant's attorney; or   [PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (NEW).]
C. An attested copy of the complaint.   [PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Failure to file notice of lien complaint.
The failure to file notice of a lien complaint in accordance with subsection 2 does not invalidate a lien, but if notice of the filing of a lien complaint is not recorded in the registry of deeds in accordance with this section before a bona fide purchaser takes title to the premises, the bona fide purchaser for value takes title free of the lien.
[PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 106 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 585, §5 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 311, §2 (RPR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3262. Enforcement by attachment

§3262. Enforcement by attachment
In addition to the remedy provided, the liens mentioned in sections 3251 to 3254 may be enforced by attachment in actions commenced in any court having jurisdiction in the county or division where the property on which a lien is claimed is situated, which attachment shall be made within 180 days after the last of the labor or services are performed, or labor, materials or services are furnished, and not afterwards, except as provided in section 3256.   [PL 1981, c. 585, §6 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 91, §5 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 585, §6 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3263. Petition for release

§3263. Petition for release
Any owner of a building, wharf, pier or real estate upon which a lien is claimed may petition in writing the judge or justice of the court in which the lien action is filed setting forth the name of the lienor, the court and county or division in which the action is pending, the fact that a lien is claimed thereon under sections 3251 to 3254, the particular building, wharf, pier or real estate, and his interests therein, its value and his desire to have it released from said lien. The judge or justice shall issue a written notice which shall be served on the lienor or his attorney 10 days at least prior to the time fixed therein for a hearing. At the hearing, the judge or justice may order such owner to give bond to the lienor in such amount and with such sureties as he may approve, conditioned to pay the amount for which such lienor may be entitled to a lien as determined by the court, with his costs in the action, within 30 days after final decree or judgment. The clerk shall give the plaintiff an attested copy of the complaint and proceedings, with a certificate under seal of the court attached thereto, that such bond has been duly filed in his office. The record of such copy and certificate in the registry of deeds, in the county or district where such real estate or interest therein lies, vacates the lien.   [PL 1981, c. 585, §7 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 585, §7 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3264. Consolidation of actions

§3264. Consolidation of actions
When 2 or more proceedings are pending at the same time, in whatever court or courts, to enforce liens on the same house, building or appurtenances, wharf, pier and building thereon, upon complaint of any lienor who has commenced such proceedings, or of the owner of the building, wharf or pier, a Justice of the Superior Court or Judge of the District Court after notice and hearing may, if justice requires it, order all such actions to be transferred to the Superior Court or District Court and require the parties in all such proceedings, in whatever court commenced, to plead substantially in the manner prescribed in section 3257, and thereafter all the proceedings shall be in accordance with said section and sections 3265, 3451, 3452, 3501 and 3601. While such complaint is pending all such actions shall stand continued.   [PL 1981, c. 585, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 585, §8 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3265. Sale on execution; several judgments; redemption

§3265. Sale on execution; several judgments; redemption
When a judgment is rendered in any action authorized by chapters 601 to 631 against any house, building or appurtenances, wharf, pier or building thereon, and the land on which it stands, or any interest that the owner of such house, building or appurtenances, wharf or pier has in such land, said property shall be taken and sold on execution in the same manner that rights of redeeming mortgaged real estate may be taken and sold. If 2 or more such judgments are rendered at the same term of the same court, the court shall direct in writing on which execution the property shall be sold, and in that event, and in the event that the officer holding any execution recovered under chapters 601 to 631 shall be notified in writing by any lienor who has caused said property to be attached or who has filed his action claiming a lien as provided, that he claims a portion of the proceeds of the sale, said officer, unless all owners of such judgments and all lienors so notifying such officer otherwise direct, shall thereupon sell said property and after deducting the fees and expenses of sale, shall return the balance into the court of highest jurisdiction in which any such lien action is pending or in which such a lien judgment has been rendered, and such court shall distribute such fund pro rata among the lienors who shall satisfactorily prove their right to share in the same. The court issuing execution on which the sale is made may fix the time within which the owner shall have the right to redeem the property from such sale. The court distributing the fund may make such decree in regard to costs as is equitable. Any balance not required to pay such lien claims and costs shall be paid to the person or persons legally or equitably entitled thereto.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3266. Action or lien

§3266. Action or lien
Any action or lien provided for or regulated under this chapter may be taken by an individual, or individuals, or may be taken on the behalf of individuals by a labor organization having the duty to represent such individual under federal law or by collective bargaining agreement.   [PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3267. Liens for labor

§3267. Liens for labor
Liens for labor described in this chapter shall include compensation for labor in the form of wages and all fringe benefits either payable to or on behalf of the laborer, including health plans, health and accident plans, retirement and retirement plans, vacation plans or funds, insurance of all kinds and all other fringe benefits.   [PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3268. Action brought by labor organization

§3268. Action brought by labor organization
No action brought by a labor organization under this chapter shall be settled, dismissed or disposed of without the approval of the court.   [PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 603: BUILDINGS, LOTS, WHARVES AND PIERS; LABOR AND MATERIALS › 10 §3269. Limitations

§3269. Limitations
Sections 3266, 3267 and 3268 shall not apply to:   [PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).]
1.  Buildings.
Any building designed for occupancy by not more than 4 families and its appurtenances;
[PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).]
2.  Claims.
Any claim or a portion of a claim which does not meet the time requirements of sections 3253 and 3256.
[PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 551 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 605: CANNED GOODS › 10 §3301. Canned corn, grains and fruit

§3301. Canned corn, grains and fruit
Whoever furnishes corn or other grain or fruit for canning or preservation otherwise has a lien on such preserved article and all with which it may have been mingled for its value when delivered, including the cans and other vessels containing the same and the cases, for 30 days after the same has been delivered and until it has been shipped on board a vessel or laden in a car, which lien may be enforced by attachment within that time.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3321. Purpose

§3321. Purpose
The Legislature finds that the potato industry has a substantial and unique effect on the economy of the entire State and Aroostook County in particular. A large number of people in Maine are directly or indirectly dependent upon the potato industry. In the recent past, a number of potato producers have been very adversely affected by the failure of processors of potatoes to compensate producers for the raw product contracted and delivered to the processor. As a result, some producers have been forced out of business as a way of life and as a means of earning a livelihood.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
The Legislature intends through this legislation to provide producers of potatoes with a limited guarantee of payment for the raw product contracted by and delivered to a processor. This legislation is designed to afford limited protection for producers and thereby promote the general welfare of the State which is dependent upon the potato industry and the producer.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3322. Definitions

§3322. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
1.  Commissioner.
"Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
[PL 1979, c. 731, §19 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §6 (REV).]
2.  Farm product or raw product.
"Farm product or raw product" shall mean potatoes.
[PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
3.  Finished product.
"Finished product" shall mean any manufactured or processed form of potatoes.
[PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
4.  Inventory.
"Inventory" has the same meaning as defined in Title 11, section 9-1102, subsection (48).
[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. D, §6 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. D, §30 (AFF).]
5.  Processor.
"Processor" means any person other than a consumer who purchases or contracts to purchase potatoes for processing or manufacturing which changes the physical form that the raw product possessed when harvested. The effects of the following operations shall be considered as changing the physical form possessed by such raw products when harvested: Chopping, slicing, cutting, dicing, mashing, removing skin or peel, frying or otherwise cooking, freezing, canning, dehydrating or comparable methods of preparation for marketing in what is generally considered to be a processed form.
[PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 699, §D6 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 699, §D30 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §6 (REV).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3323. Producer's lien attached to processed agricultural goods

§3323. Producer's lien attached to processed agricultural goods
Every producer of potatoes which the producer grows, harvests and sells to any processor under contract, express or implied, has a lien upon such product and upon all processed or manufactured forms of potatoes for his labor, care and expense in growing and harvesting the raw product. The producer's lien attached to the finished product shall be the full extent of the agreed price, if any, or the unpaid balance of the agreed price of the raw product delivered to the processor. If there is no agreed price or a method for determining it which is agreed upon, the extent of the lien shall be the full value of the raw product as of the date of delivery and shall be determined by the commissioner upon notice and opportunity for a hearing, provided in a manner consistent with the provisions as to adjudicatory proceedings of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act.   [PL 1977, c. 694, §190 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 694, §190 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3324. Attachment of lien

§3324. Attachment of lien
Except as herein provided, the producer lien, attached to the finished product manufactured or processed by a processor shall take effect immediately upon notification by a producer within 10 business days from the date specified in the contract, express or implied, for payment of insufficient or no payment to the producer for the raw product delivered to the processor. If the producer fails to notify the commissioner within the time period specified in this section or if the commissioner, following an investigation finds that there is no evidence of insufficient payment or no payment to a producer, the lien established in this chapter shall not be in effect.   [PL 1977, c. 1, §1 (AMD).]
1.  Notice of lien.
All producer liens against the inventories of all potato processors in this State shall be filed with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and shall be deemed public information for the purposes of this chapter.
[PL 1979, c. 731, §19 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 1, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5 (REV).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3325. Preference of liens

§3325. Preference of liens
The producer's lien is a preferred lien attached to the finished product in inventory and to the proceeds thereof to the full extent of the price of the raw product delivered to the processor and shall be preferred to all other liens, claims or encumbrances except for the liens or security interests of financial institutions chartered by the Federal Government or by any state of the United States, including, without limitation, trust companies, commercial banks, savings banks and savings and loan associations, and commercial finance companies and other institutional lenders, granted upon the inventory of a processor and all proceeds and products thereof to secure existing and future loans, advances and all other indebtedness of the processor to financial institutions, as described when such liens are granted to such financial institutions prior to notification by the producer to the commissioner of insufficient or no payment for the product delivered to the processor.   [PL 1977, c. 1, §2 (RPR).]
If any financial institution described in this section shall foreclose upon its lien, the proceeds realized after foreclosure shall be applied first to satisfy all producers' liens having priority over the lien of the financial institution and then to satisfy the lien of the financial institution. The balance of the proceeds, if any, shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or his designee for distribution to producers having liens approved by the commissioner under section 3324 in the order of their priority. Any surplus remaining thereafter shall be remitted to the processor.   [PL 1979, c. 731, §19 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §6 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 1, §2 (RPR). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §6 (REV).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3326. Duration of lien

§3326. Duration of lien
Except as herein provided in section 3324, the lien of a producer shall remain in effect until the producer receives payment that satisfies the total claim of the producer against the processor.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3327. Personal action to recover debt

§3327. Personal action to recover debt
This chapter does not impair or affect the right of any claimant that possesses a lien to maintain a personal action to recover such debt against a processor, either in an action to foreclose his lien or in a separate action. He is not required to state in his affidavit to procure an attachment that his demand is not secured by a lien.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
1.  Collections credited to claims.
The judgment, if any, which is obtained by the plaintiff in such personal action, or personal judgment which is obtained in such lien action, does not impair or merge any lien right or claim which is held by such plaintiff. Any money which is collected on the judgment shall be credited on the amount of such lien or claims in any action which is brought to enforce the lien or in any action which is filed pursuant to this chapter by the commissioner.
[PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
2.  Posting of bonds.
In an action that is filed by any such lien claimant, the defendant processor may file with the court in which the action is pending a surety bond which is approved by such court in an amount that is sufficient to cover the demand of plaintiff's complaint, including the costs, whereupon the court may order the release of a portion or the whole of any product or processed product upon which the lien of plaintiff has attached.
[PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
3.  Presentation of evidence to court.
Such processor may also, on motion duly noticed, introduce evidence to the court before whom any such action is pending to the effect that he has sufficient security or money on deposit with the commissioner to protect the lien or other rights of plaintiff. If he does so, the court may order the release of a portion or the whole or such product upon which the lien of plaintiff is attached and deny to plaintiff any recovery in such action. Such action by the court does not prejudice any other rights or remedies which are possessed by the plaintiff.
[PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3328. Request for an injunction

§3328. Request for an injunction
The plaintiff in an action which is brought to foreclose any of the liens which are provided for in this chapter may, in a proper case, and upon proper allegations, secure an injunction against the processor to restrain the doing of any acts on the part of such processor which are designed to or which would, in effect, remove any processed product in his possession or under his control and upon which valid liens exist, beyond the process of the court, to plaintiff's injury.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3329. Insufficient security

§3329. Insufficient security
If in a court proceeding to foreclose such lien it is found and determined by the court that there is no cash, bond or other deposit as security for the payment of any of the lien claims as set out in the complaint, the judgment of foreclosure shall be against a sufficient quantity in value of such farm product or processed product in the possession or under the control of the defendant processor, as may be necessary to satisfy such claim or render judgment and declare forfeited any bond which is deposited in the court by such processor to secure the lawful claims of the plaintiff as determined by the court.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3330. Consolidation of liens

§3330. Consolidation of liens
All actions filed by the commissioner or producers against any processor for the foreclosure of the liens or other security which are provided for in this chapter may be consolidated by the court and all persons that are necessary, to a determination of such action may be made parties to such actions. Any judgment which is rendered shall determine the lawfulness of the amount of each claim as represented by the pleadings.   [PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 606: POTATO LIEN LAW › 10 §3331. Violations and penalty

§3331. Violations and penalty
1.  Violation.
A processor may not remove any farm product that is delivered to the processor or any processed form of the farm product upon which any of the liens that are provided for in this chapter are attached from this State or beyond the processor's ownership or control, except any farm product or processed form of the product as may be in excess of a quantity that is on hand of a value that is sufficient to satisfy all existing liens, provided, that neither this section and the penalties provided in this section or any other provision of this chapter may affect, impede or restrict the rights and remedies of a lienor or holder of a security interest having priority under section 3325 to enforce its liens or security interests against the inventory of a processor and the proceeds and products of the processor and the lienor or security interest holder or any person cooperating or acting in accordance with the request of the lienor or security interest holder may not be in violation of this section.
[PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §9 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF).]
2.  Penalty.
A person who violates a provision of this chapter commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
[PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §9 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 1, §3 (RPR). PL 2001, c. 421, §B9 (RPR). PL 2001, c. 421, §C1 (AFF).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 607: COLTS, ANIMALS FOR PASTURAGE, FOOD AND SHELTER › 10 §3351. Service fee for colts

§3351. Service fee for colts
There shall be a lien on all colts foaled in the state to secure the payment of the service fee for the use of the stallion begetting the same. Such lien shall continue in force until the foal is 6 months old and may be enforced during that time by attachment of such foal.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 607: COLTS, ANIMALS FOR PASTURAGE, FOOD AND SHELTER › 10 §3352. Pasturage, food and shelter

§3352. Pasturage, food and shelter
Whoever pastures, feeds or shelters animals by virtue of a contract with or by consent of the owner has a lien thereon for the amount due for such pasturing, feeding or sheltering, and for necessary expenses incurred in the proper care of such animals and in payment of taxes assessed thereon, to secure payment thereof with costs, to be enforced in the same manner as liens on goods in possession and choses in action. The court rendering judgment for such lien shall include therein a pro rata amount for such pasturage, feed and shelter provided by the lienor from the date of the commencement of proceedings to the date of said judgment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 609: HAY › 10 §3401. Cutting

§3401. Cutting
Whoever labors in cutting or harvesting hay has a lien on all the hay cut or harvested by him and his co-laborers for the amount due for his personal services and the services performed by his team, which takes precedence of all other claims except liens reserved to the State, continues for 30 days after the last of such services are performed, and may be enforced by attachment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 609: HAY › 10 §3402. Pressing

§3402. Pressing
Whoever presses hay or straw has a lien on all the hay or straw so pressed for the amount due for such pressing, which takes precedence of all other claims except liens reserved to the State and the lien specified in section 3401 continues for 30 days after said pressing is completed, and may be enforced by attachment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 610: HOSPITAL SERVICES › 10 §3411. Lien

§3411. Lien
Every individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, institution or any governmental unit or combination or parts of a partnership, firm, association, corporation, institution or governmental unit maintaining and operating a hospital licensed in the State is entitled to a lien for the reasonable charges for hospital care, treatment and maintenance of an injured person upon any and all causes of action, suits, claims, counterclaims or demands accruing to the person to whom such care, treatment or maintenance was furnished, or to the legal representatives of such person, on account of injuries giving rise to such causes of action and which necessitated such hospital care, treatment and maintenance, except that no entitlement to such a lien may exist against the principal residence of any person in any 12-month period or periods during which that person is eligible for financial assistance under the catastrophic illness program, Title 22, section 3185. Such lien may not be applied or considered valid against anyone coming under the former Workers' Compensation Act or the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992, and nothing enacted by this chapter may be construed so as to give such lien precedence over the claim or contract of an attorney for legal services rendered with respect to the claim of the injured party nor may this lien be applicable to any accident or health insurance policy, or the proceeds from the same, owned by or running to the benefit of the injured person.   [PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. A, §25 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 824, §X1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 462, §A25 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 610: HOSPITAL SERVICES › 10 §3412. Notice

§3412. Notice
No such lien shall be perfected unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, as it shall appear on the records of the hospital, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the injuries received, shall be filed under the name of the patient and under the name of all persons, firms or corporations liable for damages arising from such injuries with the clerk of the municipality in which such hospital is located not later than 10 days after the patient has been discharged from the hospital and prior to the payment of any moneys to such injured person, his attorneys or legal representatives as compensation for such injuries; nor unless the hospital shall mail, registered mail, return receipt requested, a copy of such notice with a statement of the date of filing thereof to:   [PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).]
1.  Persons alleged to be liable.
The person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, alleged to be liable to the injured patient for the injuries sustained prior to the payment of any moneys to such injured person, his attorneys or legal representatives, as compensation for such injuries and;
[PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).]
2.  Insurance carrier.
To the home office, or district office handling the carrier's business within the State, of any insurance carrier which has insured such person, firm or corporation against such liability. The person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured patient shall upon written request of the hospital disclose the name of his or its insurance carrier which has insured such person, firm or corporation against such liability.
[PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).]
3.  Hospital records available.
For the purposes of determining the reasonableness of the hospital charges, the hospital shall, at the written request of the person alleged to be liable, or his insurance carrier, make available any hospital records which may be pertinent to determining the reasonableness of the hospital charge, but in no event shall they disclose any other records which it may have; including but not limited to, records or reports with regard to the nature of the injury of the patient, the nature of his condition or the state of his recovery.
[PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 610: HOSPITAL SERVICES › 10 §3412-A. Limits on priority of hospital liens

§3412-A. Limits on priority of hospital liens
1.  Lien reduction; just and equitable basis.
A hospital lien must be reduced by the patient's proportionate share of the patient's litigation or other recovery costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees. A hospital lien must be satisfied not on the basis of a priority lien but on a just and equitable basis, which means that any factors that diminish the potential value of the patient's claim against which the lien is asserted must likewise reduce the share in the claim by the hospital for reimbursement for services provided. Such factors include, but are not limited to:
A. Questions of liability and comparative negligence or other legal defenses;   [PL 2019, c. 270, §1 (NEW).]
B. Exigencies of trial that reduce a settlement or award in order to resolve the claim; and   [PL 2019, c. 270, §1 (NEW).]
C. Limits on the amount of applicable insurance coverage that reduce the claim to an amount recoverable by the insured.   [PL 2019, c. 270, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2019, c. 270, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Dispute resolution.
In the event of a dispute as to the application of this section or the amount available for payment to those claiming payment for services or reimbursement, that dispute must be determined, if the action is pending, before the court in which it is pending; or if no action is pending, by filing an action in any court for determination of the dispute.
[PL 2019, c. 270, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 270, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 610: HOSPITAL SERVICES › 10 §3413. Duration

§3413. Duration
No release of such causes of action, or any of them, or of any judgment thereon shall be valid or effectual as against such lien unless such lien holder shall join therein, or execute a release of such lien and any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives, or to any other person as compensation for the injuries sustained, after the filing and receipt of such notice, without paying to such hospital the amount of its lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of the moneys due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall for a period of one year from the date of payment to such patient or his heirs, attorneys or legal representatives, or other person, as provided, be and remain liable to such hospital for the amount which such hospital was entitled to receive; and any such association, corporation or other institution maintaining such hospital may, within such period, enforce its lien by a civil action against such person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations making any such payment. The assertion, claim or filing of such a lien shall in no way be deemed an election on behalf of the hospital, and the hospital shall retain all its rights to collect from the patient or from any other person legally liable for care, treatment and maintenance of the injured party.   [PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 610: HOSPITAL SERVICES › 10 §3414. Index

§3414. Index
Every municipal clerk shall, at the expense of the municipality, provide a book or card filing system to be called the hospital lien docket in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under this chapter, he shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person, firm or corporation alleged to be liable for the injuries, the date of the accident and the name of the hospital or other institution making the claim. The clerk shall make a proper index of the same in the name of the injured person and such clerk shall be entitled to be paid a fee of $5 by the lien claimant for such filing, which shall be prepaid.   [PL 1977, c. 51 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 51 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 610: HOSPITAL SERVICES › 10 §3415. Application

§3415. Application
This chapter shall apply only to such charges for medical or other services furnished to persons who were injured by reason of such accidents occurring on or after October 7, 1967.   [PL 1973, c. 625, §57 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 625, §57 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 611: LAND AND BUILDINGS; RENT DUE › 10 §3451. Rent due on leased land

§3451. Rent due on leased land
When a lease of land with a rent payable is made for the purpose of erecting a mill or other buildings thereon, such buildings and all the interest of the lessee are subject to a lien and liable to be attached for the rent due. Such attachment, made within 6 months after the rent becomes due, is effectual against any transfer of the property by the lessee.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 611: LAND AND BUILDINGS; RENT DUE › 10 §3452. Land rent

§3452. Land rent
In all cases where land rent accrues and remains unpaid, whether under a lease or otherwise, all buildings upon the premises while the rent accrues are subject to a lien and to attachment for the rent due, as provided in section 3451, although other persons than the lessee may own the whole or a part thereof, and whether or not the land was leased for the purpose of erecting such buildings. If any person except the lessee is interested in said buildings, the proceedings shall be substantially in the forms directed for enforcing liens against vessels, with such additional notice to supposed or unknown owners as any justice of the court having jurisdiction of the proceedings orders, or the attachment and levy of execution shall not be valid except against the lessee.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 613: LANDSCAPE GARDENING › 10 §3501. Labor, services and materials

§3501. Labor, services and materials
Whoever performs labor or services or furnishes labor, materials or services in the laying out or construction of any road, path or walk, or in improving or beautifying any land in a manner commonly known as landscape gardening, by virtue of a contract with or by consent of the owner, has a lien on the lot of land over which such road, path or walk is laid out or constructed or on the land so improved and beautified, to secure payment thereof, with costs. Such lien may be preserved and enforced in the same manner and under the same restrictions as liens on buildings and lots are preserved and enforced under chapter 603, and is made subject to all the provisions of said chapter wherever applicable.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 615: LEATHER › 10 §3551. Wages

§3551. Wages
Whoever performs labor in any tannery where leather of any kind is manufactured completely or partially, whether such labor is performed directly on the hides and skins or in any capacity in or about the establishment, has a lien for his wages on all leather so manufactured in such tannery for labor performed by him or his co-laborers, which continues for 30 days after such leather is made and manufactured, and until such leather is shipped on board a vessel or taken in a car, and may be enforced by attachment within that time.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3601. Logs and lumber generally

§3601. Logs and lumber generally
Whoever labors at cutting, hauling, rafting or driving logs or lumber, or at cooking for persons engaged in such labor, or in shoeing horses or oxen, or repairing property while thus employed, has a lien on the logs and lumber for the amount due for his personal services and the services performed by his team, and for the use of his truck, motor vehicle or other mechanical equipment, which takes precedence of all other claims except liens reserved to the State. Whoever both shores and runs logs by himself, his servants or agents has a lien thereon for the price of such shoring and running. Such liens continue for 60 days after the logs or lumber arrive at the place of destination for sale or manufacture and may be enforced by attachment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3602. Boomage paid by officer; lien not defeated by note; notice

§3602. Boomage paid by officer; lien not defeated by note; notice
The officer making such attachment may pay the boomage thereon, not exceeding the rate per thousand on the quantity actually attached by him, and return the amount paid on the writ of attachment, which shall be included in the damages recovered. The action or lien is not defeated by taking a note, unless it is taken in discharge of the amount due and of the lien. Such notice of the action as the court orders shall be given to the owner of the logs or lumber, and he may be admitted to defend it.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3603. Logs driven by contract

§3603. Logs driven by contract
Whoever drives logs or lumber by contract with the owner or with any other person has a lien on said logs or lumber for the amount payable under said contract, which takes precedence of all other claims, except liens for labor, for stumpage and for towing, continues for 60 days after the logs or lumber arrive at the place of destination for sale or manufacture and may be enforced by attachment. When the contract is made with any person other than the owner of the logs or lumber, actual notice in writing shall be given to the owner before work is begun, stating therein the terms of the contract. If the owner, at the time said notice is given him or immediately thereafter, notifies said contractor in writing that he will not be responsible for the amount payable or to become payable under said contract, then said contractor shall not have a lien on said logs or lumber so driven.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3605. Logs, lumber or pulpwood for advances of money or goods (REPEALED)

§3605. Logs, lumber or pulpwood for advances of money or goods
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A39 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3606. Hemlock bark, cordwood and pulpwood

§3606. Hemlock bark, cordwood and pulpwood
Whoever labors at cutting, peeling or hauling hemlock bark, or cutting, yarding or hauling cordwood, or cutting, peeling, yarding or hauling pulpwood or any wood used in the manufacture of pulpwood, or at cooking for persons engaged in such labor, has a lien thereon for the amount due for his personal labor and the services performed by his team, which takes precedence of all other claims, continues for 30 days after the contract is completed, and may be enforced by attachment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3607. Last blocks, shovel handle blocks, railroad ties and ship knees

§3607. Last blocks, shovel handle blocks, railroad ties and ship knees
Whoever labors in the manufacturing of last blocks, shovel handle blocks, railroad ties or ship knees, or is engaged in cooking for persons engaged in such labor, or cuts or furnishes wood for the manufacture of last blocks or shovel handle blocks, or furnishes a team for the hauling of last blocks or shovel handle blocks or the lumber from which they are made, or for the hauling of railroad ties or ship knees, has a lien on said last blocks, shovel handle blocks, railroad ties and ship knees, as the case may be, for the amount due him for his personal labor thereon and for the services of his team and for the amount due for wood so cut or furnished for the manufacture of said last blocks or shovel handle blocks, which takes precedence of all other claims, except liens reserved to the State, and continues for 30 days after said last blocks are stored or housed for drying purposes, or for 30 days after said shovel handle blocks arrive at their destination either for shipment or to be turned, or for 30 days after said railroad ties are on the line of a railroad, or for 30 days after said ship knees are delivered in a shipyard. Such lien may be enforced by attachment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 617: LOGS, LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK › 10 §3608. Shingles, staves, laths, dowels and spool timber

§3608. Shingles, staves, laths, dowels and spool timber
Whoever labors at cutting, hauling or sawing shingle, stave, lath, dowel or spool timber, or in the manufacture of shingle, stave, lath, dowel or spool timber into shingles, staves, laths, dowels or spool bars, or at piling staves, laths, dowels or spool bars, or at bunching shingles or dowels, or at cooking for persons engaged in such labor, has a lien thereon for the amount due for his personal labor thereon and the services performed by his team, which takes precedence of all other claims and continues for 60 days after such shingles, staves, laths and dowels are manufactured, provided the same have not been sold and shipped, or for 60 days after such spool timber or spool bars arrive at the place of destination for sale or manufacture. Such lien may be enforced by attachment.   [PL 1973, c. 625, §58 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 625, §58 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE › Part 7: LIENS › Chapter 619: LIME, LIMEROCK, GRANITE AND SLATE › 10 §3651. Lien for wages; preference

§3651. Lien for wages; preference
Whoever digs, hauls or furnishes rock for the manufacture of lime has a lien thereon for his personal service, and on the rock so furnished, for 30 days after such rock is manufactured into lime or until such lime is sold or shipped on board a vessel. Whoever labors in quarrying or cutting and dressing granite in any quarry has a lien for his wages on all the granite quarried or cut and dressed in the quarry by him or his co-laborers for 30 days after such granite is cut and dressed or until such granite is sold or shipped on board a vessel. Whoever labors in mining, quarrying or manufacturing slate in any quarry has a lien for the wages of his labor on all slate mined, quarried or manufactured in the quarry by him or his co-laborers for 30 days after the slate arrives at the port of shipment and until it has been shipped on board a vessel or laden in a car. Such liens take precedence over all other claims and may be enforced by attachment within the times aforesaid.