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2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1502-D. Taxing of costs; hearing (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 14, SECTION 1503-D)

§1502-D. Taxing of costs; hearing
(REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 14, SECTION 1503-D)
The clerk shall set costs under section 1502-B and interest under section 1602-B to the extent they appear from the record. The prevailing party or the prevailing party's attorney may submit a bill of costs for all other costs or interest to the court not later than 10 days after entry of judgment and serve copies on all parties who have appeared and may be required to pay these costs. Any party required to pay all or any part of these costs, except a party who is defaulted and has not appeared, may, within 10 days after the date of service, challenge any items of cost or interest and request review by the court. The prevailing party shall, within 10 days after a challenge, submit to the court any vouchers or other records verifying any challenged items of cost or interest. Either side may request oral argument and submit affidavits and briefs. An evidentiary hearing on the reasonableness of costs or interest will be held only when the judge determines that there exists a substantial need for the hearing and the amount of challenged costs or interest are substantial. If the presiding judge determines that the imposition of costs will cause a significant financial hardship to any party, the judge may waive all or part of the costs with respect to that party.   [PL 2003, c. 460, §3 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 737, §A36 (RAL). PL 1989, c. 360 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 460, §3 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1503. Appeals in condemnation proceedings

§1503. Appeals in condemnation proceedings
In all proceedings for the estimation of damages for the taking of lands or other property under any general or special law, if the owner of the land, after an award made by the county commissioners, enters an appeal therefrom and fails to obtain a final judgment for an amount greater than the amount of the said award with interest thereon to the date of said judgment, he shall be subject to costs accruing after the date of said first award and the amount thereof may be applied in reduction of the sum required to be paid by said judgment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1503-D. Taxing of costs; hearing (REALLOCATED TO TITLE 14, SECTION 1502-D)

§1503-D. Taxing of costs; hearing
(REALLOCATED TO TITLE 14, SECTION 1502-D)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 384, §4 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 737, §A36 (RAL).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1504. Plaintiff appealing favorable judgment

§1504. Plaintiff appealing favorable judgment
When a plaintiff appeals from a judgment of a District Court in his favor and does not recover in the appellate court a greater sum as damages, he recovers only a quarter of the sum last recovered for costs.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1505. Replevin actions

§1505. Replevin actions
In actions of replevin commenced in the Superior Court, when the jury finds that each party owned a part of the property, they shall find and state in their verdict the value of the part owned by the plaintiff when replevied without regard to the value as estimated in the replevin bond. If such value does not exceed $20, the plaintiff recovers for costs only 1/4 part of such value.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1506. Improper action in Superior Court, 1/4 costs; report of referees, full costs allowed

§1506. Improper action in Superior Court, 1/4 costs; report of referees, full costs allowed
In actions commenced in the Superior Court, except those by or against towns for the support of paupers, if it appears on the rendition of judgment that the action should have been commenced before a District Court, including actions of replevin where the value of the property does not exceed $20, the plaintiff recovers for costs only 1/4 part of his debt or damages. On reports of referees, full costs may be allowed unless the report otherwise provides.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1507. Damages reduced by counterclaim, full costs

§1507. Damages reduced by counterclaim, full costs
When a counterclaim is filed and the plaintiff recovers not exceeding $20, he is entitled to full costs if the jury certify in their verdict that the damages were reduced to that sum by reason of the amount allowed on the counterclaim.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1508. Costs of evidence not increased by multiple damages

§1508. Costs of evidence not increased by multiple damages
When a party recovers double or treble costs, the fees of witnesses, depositions, copies and other evidence are not doubled or trebled.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1509. Petitions for relief

§1509. Petitions for relief
On application of a private person for relief from a judgment or for relief in the nature of certiorari, mandamus or quo warranto, or like process, the court may or may not allow costs to a person appearing on notice as defendant.   [PL 1967, c. 441, §5 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 441, §5 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1510. Plaintiff's action dismissed; costs to defendant

§1510. Plaintiff's action dismissed; costs to defendant
When a plaintiff's action is voluntarily or involuntarily dismissed, the defendant recovers costs against him, and in all actions, as well as those of qui tam as others, the party prevailing is entitled to his legal costs.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1511. Action in name of State by individual

§1511. Action in name of State by individual
When an action is brought in the name of the State for the benefit of a private person, his name and place of residence shall be indorsed on the summons. If the defendant prevails, judgment for his costs shall be rendered against such person and execution issued as if he were plaintiff.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1512. State liable in civil action

§1512. State liable in civil action
When a defendant prevails against the State in a civil action, judgment for his costs shall be rendered against it and the treasurer of the county shall pay the amount on a certified copy of the judgment. The amount shall be allowed to him in his account with the State.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1514. Divers actions or division of account only one bill of costs

§1514. Divers actions or division of account only one bill of costs
When a plaintiff brings divers actions which might have been joined in one against the same party and which are first in order for trial at the same term of court, or divides an account which might all have been sued for in one action and commences successive actions upon parts of the same or brings more than one action on a joint and several contract, he shall not recover costs nor have execution running against the body of the same defendant, in more than one such action, unless the court, after notice to the defendant and hearing, shall otherwise direct.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1515. If execution available, no costs in action on judgment

§1515. If execution available, no costs in action on judgment
A plaintiff shall not be allowed costs in an action on a judgment of any tribunal on which an execution could issue when such action was commenced, except in trustee process.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1516. Travel in actions by a corporation

§1516. Travel in actions by a corporation
In actions of a corporation, its travel is computed from the place where it is situated, if local, otherwise from the place where its business is usually transacted, not exceeding 40 miles, unless its agent actually travels a greater distance to attend court.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1518. Plea of bankruptcy; no costs

§1518. Plea of bankruptcy; no costs
When a defendant pleads a discharge in bankruptcy or insolvency obtained after the commencement of the action, he recovers no costs before the time when the certificate was produced in court.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1519. Hearing on costs; appeals (REPEALED)

§1519. Hearing on costs; appeals
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 384, §5 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1520. Costs for creditor where debtor not discharged (REPEALED)

§1520. Costs for creditor where debtor not discharged
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 408, §6 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 311: TAXATION OF COSTS › 14 §1522. Litigation costs

§1522. Litigation costs
1.  Costs allowed.
In any action or proceeding brought by the Attorney General pursuant to any of the provisions listed below or to enforce any of the provisions listed below, the court shall allow litigation costs, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable expert witness fees, to be deposited in the General Fund of the State if the State or any of its officers or agencies is a prevailing party in the action or proceeding:
A. Title 5, section 209;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
B. Title 5, section 4681;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
C. Title 10, section 1104, subsection 2;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
D. Title 10, section 1104, subsection 3;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
E. Title 26, section 46;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
F. Title 26, section 354;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
G. Title 26, section 625‑B;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
H. Title 26, section 626;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
I. Title 26, section 629‑B;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
J. Title 26, section 631;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
K. Title 26, section 781;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
L. Title 32, section 16603;   [PL 2005, c. 65, Pt. C, §8 (AMD).]
M. Title 32, section 11301;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
N. Title 32, section 11302;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
O. Title 32, section 11303;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
P. Title 38, section 348;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
Q. Title 38, section 349;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
R. Title 38, section 552;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
S. Title 38, section 570;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
T. Title 38, section 1319‑G;   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
U. Title 38, section 1319‑J; and   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
V. Title 38, section 1367.   [PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 65, Pt. C, §8 (AMD).]
2.  Affect.
Costs allowed under subsection 1 do not affect any fees, costs or expenses otherwise recoverable by the State or any of its officers or agencies.
[PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Application.
This section applies to any action or proceeding that is pending on the effective date of this section.
[PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. G, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1991, c. 9, §G2 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 65, §C8 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 313: JUDGMENTS › 14 §1601. Entry of judgment; attachments and rights to disclose preserved; death of party

§1601. Entry of judgment; attachments and rights to disclose preserved; death of party
In criminal cases the clerk of courts of a county, by virtue of a certificate from the law court, received in vacation, shall enter judgment as of the preceding term.
In civil cases judgment shall be entered forthwith upon receipt of the certificate of decision from the law court. If the judgment is for the plaintiff, any attachment then in force shall continue for 60 days after entry of such judgment. When a party to an action dies while the action is pending before the law court, and no suggestion of death has been made upon the docket of the county where the action is pending, at the time when the certificate of decision is received by the clerk of courts in such county, any Justice of the Superior Court may order such action to be continued in order that such death may be suggested upon such county docket, and the proper parties entitled to defend or prosecute such action may enter their appearance therein. Such justice may further order that any attachment then in force shall continue for such time in excess of 60 days after entry of judgment as in his discretion he deems necessary to protect the interests of the plaintiff.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 313: JUDGMENTS › 14 §1602. Interest before judgments (REPEALED)

§1602. Interest before judgments
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 397, §1 (RPR). PL 1971, c. 228 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 147 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 655, §1 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 162, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 427, §1 (RPR). PL 1983, c. 583, §7 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 646, §3 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 165 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 471, §D13 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 460, §4 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 313: JUDGMENTS › 14 §1602-A. Interest after judgment (REPEALED)

§1602-A. Interest after judgment
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 427, §2 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 646, §4 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 502, §B15 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 489 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 471, §D14 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 460, §5 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 313: JUDGMENTS › 14 §1602-C. Interest after judgment

§1602-C. Interest after judgment
1.  Rate.
In all civil and small claims actions, post-judgment interest is allowed at a rate equal to:
A. In actions involving a contract or note that contains a provision relating to interest, the rate set forth in the contract or note or the rate in paragraph B, whichever is greater; and   [PL 2003, c. 460, §6 (NEW).]
B. In all other actions, the one-year United States Treasury bill rate plus 6%.
(1) For purposes of this paragraph, "one-year United States Treasury bill rate" means the weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last full week of the calendar year immediately prior to the year in which post-judgment interest begins to accrue.
(2) If the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ceases to publish the weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield or it is otherwise unavailable, then the Supreme Judicial Court shall annually establish by rule a rate that most closely approximates the rate established in this paragraph.   [PL 2003, c. 460, §6 (NEW).]
The applicable post-judgment interest rate must be stated in the judgment, except for judgments in small claims actions.
[PL 2003, c. 460, §6 (NEW).]
2.  Accrual; suspension; waiver.
Post-judgment interest accrues from and after the date of entry of judgment and includes the period of any appeal. In actions involving a contract or note that contains a provision relating to interest, the rate of interest is fixed as of the date of judgment. If the prevailing party at any time requests and obtains a continuance for a period in excess of 30 days, interest is suspended for the duration of the continuance. On petition of the nonprevailing party and on a showing of good cause, the trial court may order that interest awarded by this section be fully or partially waived.
[PL 2003, c. 460, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 460, §6 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 313: JUDGMENTS › 14 §1604. Judgment divesting real estate recorded in registry of deeds

§1604. Judgment divesting real estate recorded in registry of deeds
No judgment or decree divesting any person of title to real estate shall be effectual against any person not a party to the action in which such judgment or decree is rendered, and persons not having actual notice thereof, unless a copy of such judgment or decree or so much thereof as relates to the title to such real estate duly certified by the clerk of courts in and for the county where said judgment or decree is rendered is, within 30 days after the rendering of such judgment or decree, duly recorded in the registry of deeds in the county or district in which such real estate is situated.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 3: TRIAL AND JUDGMENT › Chapter 313: JUDGMENTS › 14 §1605. Settlements to be approved by court

§1605. Settlements to be approved by court
No settlement of any action brought in behalf of an infant by next friend or defended on the infant's behalf by guardian or guardian ad litem is valid unless approved by the court in which the action is pending, or affirmed by an entry of judgment. If no action has been commenced, an infant by next friend may apply to any court in which an action based on the claim of the infant could have been commenced for an order approving the settlement of any such claim. An order approving such a settlement has the effect of a judgment. The court may make all necessary orders for protecting the interests of the infant, including requiring that funds be disbursed through establishment of a trust, and may require the guardian ad litem or next friend to give bond to truly account for all money received in behalf of the infant.   [PL 1993, c. 97, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 540, §§17-A (NEW). PL 1993, c. 97, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1801. Original papers sent upon appeal; exceptions

§1801. Original papers sent upon appeal; exceptions
In cases carried from a District Court to a higher court, all depositions and original papers, except the process by which the action was commenced, the return of service thereon and the pleadings shall be certified by the proper officer and carried up without leaving copies unless otherwise ordered by the court having original cognizance.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1802. Appeal found to be frivolous

§1802. Appeal found to be frivolous
If an appeal to the law court or Superior Court is found by that court to have been frivolous and intended for delay, treble costs may be allowed to the prevailing party.   [PL 2001, c. 81, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 81, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1803. No oral testimony on appeal; additional evidence

§1803. No oral testimony on appeal; additional evidence
No witnesses shall be heard orally before the law court as a part of the case on appeal, but the court may, in such manner and on such terms as it deems proper, authorize additional evidence to be taken when the same has been omitted by accident or mistake or discovered after the hearing.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 2: SUPERIOR COURT › 14 §1851. Objections; appeals

§1851. Objections; appeals
For all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary in civil cases, it is sufficient that a party, at the time the order or ruling of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action that the party desires the court to take or the party's objection to the action of the court and the grounds for the objection. If a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order, the absence of an objection does not thereafter prejudice that party. In any civil case any party aggrieved by any judgment, ruling or order may appeal therefrom to the law court. The time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking of the appeal are as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.   [PL 2001, c. 17, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 17, §2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 3: DISTRICT COURT › 14 §1901. Supreme Judicial Court; exceptions

§1901. Supreme Judicial Court; exceptions
1.  Appeals from District Court.
Except as provided in subsection 3 or by court rule, an appeal may be taken from the District Court to the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court. The time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking of the appeal are as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.
[PL 2001, c. 17, §3 (AMD).]
2.  Exceptions.
[PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §7 (RP); PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §42 (AFF).]
3.  Exceptions.
An appeal from the District Court is to the Superior Court in the case of:
A. An appeal in a forcible entry and detainer case, pursuant to section 6008 and the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 80D(f);   [PL 2005, c. 48, §2 (AMD).]
B. An appeal in a small claims case brought pursuant to chapter 738 and the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 80L; and   [PL 2005, c. 48, §2 (AMD).]
C. An appeal of an involuntary hospitalization brought pursuant to Title 34‑B, section 3864, subsection 11.   [PL 2005, c. 48, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 48, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 552, §2 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 338, §1 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 675, §B10 (RPR). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ7 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 17, §3 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 48, §2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 3: DISTRICT COURT › 14 §1902. Appeals without trial

§1902. Appeals without trial
In actions in a District Court, either party, after appearing and filing his pleadings, may waive a trial and give the adverse party judgment, and then appeal as if there had been an actual trial.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 3: DISTRICT COURT › 14 §1903. Appellant's recognizance

§1903. Appellant's recognizance
If so requested by the adverse party, the appellant shall within one week after notice of such request, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court, recognize to such adverse party in a reasonable sum, with condition to prosecute his appeal with effect and pay all costs arising after the appeal.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 401: APPEALS › Subchapter 3: DISTRICT COURT › 14 §1904. Production of copies and papers

§1904. Production of copies and papers
When such appeal is completed, the clerk shall file in the appellate court, the record and the originals of all papers filed in the cause.   [PL 1965, c. 19, §3 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 19, §3 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1951. Expenses part of execution

§1951. Expenses part of execution
The expenses of levy in any of the modes provided by this chapter in a levy, sale or redemption are part of the execution.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1952. Creditor or debtor may act by representative

§1952. Creditor or debtor may act by representative
Everything which a creditor or debtor is required in this chapter to do may be done by his executors or administrators, or by any person lawfully claiming under him.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1953. Real estate of deceased taken by execution (REPEALED)

§1953. Real estate of deceased taken by execution
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 540, §18 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1954. Lands of debtor to State sold on execution

§1954. Lands of debtor to State sold on execution
When an execution is issued in the name or for the use of the State, the debtor's real estate may be taken thereby and sold at auction, notice thereof being given as provided in section 2202, except that notice shall also be published in the state paper, and the last publication in both papers shall be 6 days before the sale. The officer shall make and execute to the purchaser a deed of the estate sold. The debtor has the same right to redeem as to redeem lands levied on by appraisement.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1955. Attachment of right to conveyance effects premises

§1955. Attachment of right to conveyance effects premises
When the right of a debtor to a conveyance of real estate by bond or contract is attached, and a deed is made to the debtor during its existence, the attachment takes effect upon the premises, which may be levied on as in other cases.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1956. Deed given to assignee; right sold; remedy of purchaser

§1956. Deed given to assignee; right sold; remedy of purchaser
When, during the existence of an attachment, a deed has been given to an assignee, the right of the debtor should be sold on the execution. When the right has been sold, and there has been no previous conveyance to the debtor, the purchaser has the same remedies in his own name against the obligor or contractor as the debtor would have had, by an action to recover damages for nonfulfillment, or to compel a specific performance, and when assignment before attachment is alleged, the assignee may be made a party. Upon refusal of the obligor or contractor, on request of the purchaser, to give correct information of the amount due or condition remaining to be performed, the purchaser may maintain his action without previous payment, performance or tender. Upon a hearing, the court may grant and decree such relief, payment or performance, as is equitable.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS › 14 §1957. Alleged assignment contested

§1957. Alleged assignment contested
When an assignment of the bond or contract is alleged and the plaintiff contests it, the alleged assignee shall be made a party to the action, and an issue framed to be tried by a jury, which shall find whether such an assignment existed and was valid. If the assignee does not appear, the assignment is invalid.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2001. Real estate levied on; appraisal

§2001. Real estate levied on; appraisal
Real estate attachable, including the right to cut timber and grass as described in chapter 507, subchapter III, may be taken to satisfy an execution, by causing it to be appraised by 3 disinterested persons, one chosen by the creditor, one by the debtor and the other by the officer having the execution for service, who shall give notice to the debtor or his attorney, residing in the county where the land lies, to choose an appraiser, and shall allow him a reasonable time therefor, and if he neglects, appoint one for him.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2002. Appraisers sworn; view of land

§2002. Appraisers sworn; view of land
The appraisers may be sworn by the officer without fee or by a dedimus justice, faithfully and impartially to appraise the real estate to be taken, and a certificate of the oath shall be made, stating the date of its administration on the back of the execution by the person who administered it. They shall then proceed with the officer to view and examine the land so far as is necessary for a just estimate of its value.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §12 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A50 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §12 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2003. Return contains value and description of estate

§2003. Return contains value and description of estate
The appraisers shall in a return made and signed by them on the back of the execution, or annexed thereto, state the value of the estate appraised, and describe it by metes and bounds, or in such other manner that it may be distinctly known and identified, whatever the nature of the estate may be.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2004. Appraisal when several parcels taken

§2004. Appraisal when several parcels taken
When several parcels of land are taken, they may be appraised separately or together. When taken at different times, there may be different sets of appraisers. A levy is valid when the return is signed by 2 of the appraisers, the other appearing to have been sworn and to have acted.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2005. Officer's return, contents

§2005. Officer's return, contents
The officer, in his return on the execution, shall state substantially the time when the land was taken on execution; how the appraisers were appointed; that they were duly sworn; that they appraised and set off the premises, after viewing the same, at the price specified; that he delivered seizin and possession to the creditor or his attorney, or assigned the same to him as in case of remainder or other incorporeal estate; and the description of the premises by himself or by reference to the return of the appraisers. If the appraisers' return is signed by 2 only, he must state whether all were present and acted. He may refer to and adopt, in his return, the return of the appraisers, and the subsequent proceedings will be valid though made after the return day of the execution or after the removal or disability of the officer.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2006. Estates tail

§2006. Estates tail
Estates tail shall be taken, appraised and held as estates in fee simple.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2007. Estate held in joint tenancy taken in execution

§2007. Estate held in joint tenancy taken in execution
The whole or part of an estate held in joint tenancy or in common may be taken to satisfy an execution, in the same manner as other real estate is now taken and held in common, but the whole estate must be described and the share owned by the debtor must be stated.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2008. Debtor's interest passes by levy

§2008. Debtor's interest passes by levy
All the debtor's estate, interest or share in the premises, whether held in tail, reversion, remainder, for life, years or otherwise, passes by a levy, unless it is larger than the estate mentioned in the appraisers' return.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2009. Levy on rents and profits

§2009. Levy on rents and profits
When the estate cannot be described as provided in section 2003, the execution may be levied on its rents and profits, and the officer may give seizin thereof to the creditor, and cause a person in possession to become tenant to him or, on his refusal, may turn him out and give possession to the creditor.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2010. Part taken, damage to whole

§2010. Part taken, damage to whole
When the premises consist of a mill, mill privilege or other estate more than sufficient to satisfy the execution, which cannot be divided by metes and bounds without damage to the whole, an undivided part of it may be taken and the whole described, or it may be levied on as provided in section 2009.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2011. Levy on life estate

§2011. Levy on life estate
A levy may be made on an estate for life as on other real estate, and its value appraised; or it may be made on its rents and profits, and an appraisement of them made for a term of time, if the life so long continues, computing interest on the execution, and deducting the rents and profits from time to time when due. When the estate expires before the end of the term for which it was taken, the creditor by an action on the judgment may recover the balance due.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2012. Levy on leasehold; disposal of rent

§2012. Levy on leasehold; disposal of rent
When the levy is made on the whole of an estate under lease, the rent shall be paid to the creditor from the time of the levy. When made on part of it, the appraisers shall determine what portion of the rent is to be paid to him, and it shall be paid to him accordingly.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2013. Seizin and possession delivered; debtor not ousted

§2013. Seizin and possession delivered; debtor not ousted
The officer shall deliver to the creditor or his attorney, seizin and possession of an estate levied on, so far as the nature of the estate and the title of the debtor admit. When a remainder, reversion or right of redemption is taken, the debtor in possession shall not be ousted, but his right therein shall be assigned to the creditor, and a return made accordingly.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2014. Levy on land fraudulently conveyed or disseized

§2014. Levy on land fraudulently conveyed or disseized
A levy may be made on land fraudulently conveyed by a debtor, or of which he has been disseized and into which he has a right of entry. In such case, the tenant in possession shall not be ousted, but the officer shall deliver to the creditor a momentary seizin, sufficient to enable him to maintain an action for its recovery in his own name.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2015. Debt assigned; estate held in trust for assignee

§2015. Debt assigned; estate held in trust for assignee
When the debt has been previously assigned for a valuable consideration, the creditor named in the execution holds an estate levied on to satisfy it in trust for his assignee, who is entitled to a conveyance thereof, which may be enforced by a civil action.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2016. Execution returned and recorded

§2016. Execution returned and recorded
The officer shall return the execution into the clerk's office where it is returnable, and within 3 months after completing the levy cause it, with the return thereon, to be recorded in the registry of deeds where the land lies.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2017. Unrecorded levy void against purchaser or creditor

§2017. Unrecorded levy void against purchaser or creditor
When not recorded as provided in section 2016, the levy is void against a person who has purchased for a valuable consideration, or has attached or taken on execution, the same premises without actual notice thereof. If the levy is recorded after the 3 months, it will be valid against a conveyance, attachment or levy made after such record.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2018. Levy waived or void

§2018. Levy waived or void
A creditor who has received seizin of a levy not recorded cannot waive it unless the estate was not the property of the debtor, or not liable to seizure on execution, or cannot be held by the levy, when it may be considered void, and he may resort to any other remedy for satisfaction of his judgment.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2019. Failure of title, alias execution; debtor may convey by deed

§2019. Failure of title, alias execution; debtor may convey by deed
When the execution has been recorded and the estate levied on does not pass by the levy for causes named in section 2018, the creditor may by motion in the court issuing the execution require the debtor to show cause why an alias execution should not be issued on the same judgment. If the debtor does not show sufficient cause, the levy may be set aside, and an alias execution issued for the amount then due on the judgment, unless during its pendency the debtor tenders in court a deed of release of the land levied on, and makes it appear that the land, at the time of the levy, was and still is his property, and pays the expenses of the levy and the taxable costs of the action. The judgment shall be satisfied for the amount of the levy.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2020. Judgment assignee may bring action if estate does not pass by levy

§2020. Judgment assignee may bring action if estate does not pass by levy
When a judgment has been assigned for a valuable consideration, and bona fide, in writing, and a levy of an execution issued on such judgment has been made, and the estate does not pass by the levy, and the creditor dies after the levy, the assignee may bring an action in the court issuing the execution, setting forth the facts aforesaid therein, and requiring the debtor to show cause why another execution should not issue on the same judgment, in the name and for the benefit of said assignee. If the debtor, after being duly summoned, does not show sufficient cause why it should not be done, the levy may be set aside; and the court from which said execution issued may order and issue another execution on the same judgment, for the amount of the original debt, interest and costs, in the name and for the benefit of such plaintiff, and against such debtor and his property, in the usual form, with necessary charges.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2021. Assignee may bring action in own name

§2021. Assignee may bring action in own name
In all cases where a judgment has been assigned as provided for in section 2020 and is not discharged, the assignee may bring a civil action thereon in his own name. Upon averment and proof of the facts aforesaid, the court may render judgment and execution thereon in his favor, subject to any legal defense which the debtor might have if the action were instituted by the original creditor.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2022. Levy commences when appraisers sworn

§2022. Levy commences when appraisers sworn
For the purpose of fixing the amount due on the execution and the time when the debtor's right to redeem expires, all levies shall be considered to commence on the day of the date of the administration of the oath to the appraisers, although it may appear by the return of the officer that the estate was seized on execution before, or that the proceedings were not completed until after that day.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 2: LEVY BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2023. Validity of excess levy; remedy

§2023. Validity of excess levy; remedy
When, by an error of the officer, the amount for which the levy was made exceeds the amount of debt or damage, costs, interest and costs of levy, by a sum not greater than 1% thereof, it is valid if otherwise legally made. The debtor or owner of the estate may maintain a civil action against such officer or his principal to recover all damages occasioned thereby, or a civil action against the creditor to have such error corrected, and the court may correct it, in any just and equitable manner, or it may decree a pecuniary compensation for the injury.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 3: REDEMPTION OF LEVIES BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2101. Creditor out of State or unknown; payment

§2101. Creditor out of State or unknown; payment
Real estate levied on may be redeemed within one year thereafter, by tendering to the creditor the amount of its appraisement with interest from the time of levy, with reasonable expenses incurred for its improvement or repair, or in saving it from loss by the nonpayment of taxes legally assessed thereon prior to the levy, after deducting rents and profits with which he is chargeable. The creditor shall thereupon by his deed prepared at the expense of the debtor release to him all his title to the premises. When the creditor resides out of the State, or his residence is unknown, such payment is sufficient if made to the clerk of courts in the county where the real estate levied upon is situated, and such payment has the same effect as if made to the creditor.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 3: REDEMPTION OF LEVIES BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2102. Ascertainment of amount due

§2102. Ascertainment of amount due
The debtor may have the amount due ascertained by a justice of the peace. After a hearing before the justice of the peace, the justice of the peace shall make in writing and sign a certificate of the sum found due, which is conclusive. The debtor may tender that sum, which is effectual to redeem, although he had before tendered a different sum.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §13 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A51 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §13 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 3: REDEMPTION OF LEVIES BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2103. Failure to release after tender; recovery of land

§2103. Failure to release after tender; recovery of land
If the creditor does not release the premises within 10 days after payment or tender of the amount due, the debtor may recover the same by a real action on his own seizin; but before judgment is entered he must bring into court, for the creditor, the money tendered.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL › Part 4: PROCEEDING AFTER VERDICT OR JUDGMENT › Chapter 403: TITLE TO REAL ESTATE BY LEVY OF EXECUTION › Subchapter 3: REDEMPTION OF LEVIES BY APPRAISEMENT › 14 §2104. Determination of amount due

§2104. Determination of amount due
The debtor, without tender, may, within one year and in season to have the amount ascertained and paid or tendered within the year, bring an action the complaint in which shall offer to pay the amount due, and the court shall ascertain it and require the debtor to bring it into court for the creditor, and the debtor thereupon shall be entitled to a decree in his favor, and to a writ of possession for the premises.