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USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 14. COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Chapter : Chapter 201. VENUE
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Title 14 - §501. Personal and transitory actions; inter-county transfers
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§501. Personal and transitory actions; inter-county transfers
Personal and transitory actions, except process of foreign attachment and except as provided in this chapter, shall be brought,
when the parties live in the State, in the county where any plaintiff or defendant lives; and when no plaintiff lives in the
State, in the county where any defendant lives; or in either case any such action may be brought in the county where the cause
of action took place. Improper venue may be raised by the defendant by motion or by answer, and if it is established that
the action was brought in the wrong county, it shall be dismissed and the defendant allowed double costs. When the plaintiff
and defendant live in different counties at the commencement of any such action, except process of foreign attachment, and
during its pendency one party moves into the same county with the other, it may, on motion of either, be transferred to the
county where both then live if the court thinks that justice will thereby be promoted; and be tried as if originally commenced
and entered therein. Actions by the assignee of a nonnegotiable chose in action, when brought in the Superior Court or in
the District Court, shall be commenced in the county or division when brought in the District Court, in which the original
creditor might have maintained his action.
[1973, c. 378 (amd).]
Section History:
PL 1973,
Ch. 378,
§
(AMD).
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §502. Sheriff's bond
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§502. Sheriff's bond
Actions on bonds given by sheriffs to the Treasurer of State shall be brought in the county for which such sheriff is commissioned.
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §503. Civil actions on judgment
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§503. Civil actions on judgment
Civil actions founded on judgment rendered by any court of record in the State may be brought in the county where it was rendered
or in the county in which either party thereto or his executor or administrator resides at the time of bringing the action.
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §504. Jurisdiction by attachment
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§504. Jurisdiction by attachment
In all actions commenced in any court proper to try them jurisdiction shall be sustained if goods, estate, effects or credits
of any defendant are found within the State and attached.
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §505. Local and transitory actions where counties, towns and other corporations are parties
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§505. Local and transitory actions where counties, towns and other corporations are parties
Local and transitory actions shall be commenced and tried as follows: When both parties are counties, in any county adjoining
either; when a county is plaintiff, if the defendant lives therein, in an adjoining county; if he does not live therein, in
the county in which he does live; when a county is defendant, if the plaintiff lives therein, in that county or in an adjoining
county; if he does not live therein, in that county or in that in which he does live; when a corporation is one party and
a county the other, in any adjoining county; when both parties are towns, parishes or school districts, in the county in which
either is situated; when one party is a town, parish or school district and the other some corporation or natural person,
in the county in which either of the parties is situated or lives; but all actions against towns for damages by reason of
defects in highways shall be brought and tried in the county in which the town is situated. All other corporations may sue
and be sued in the county in which they have an established place of business or in which the plaintiff or defendant, if a
natural person, lives.
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §506. Actions for forfeitures
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§506. Actions for forfeitures
When a forfeiture is recoverable in a civil action, such action shall be brought in the county in which the offense was committed
unless a different provision is made by statute. If on trial it does not appear that such offense was committed in the county
where the action was brought, the verdict shall be in favor of the defendant.
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interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §507. State action to recover funds or property
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§507. State action to recover funds or property
An action in behalf of the State to enforce the collection of state taxes upon any corporation or to recover of any person
or corporation moneys due the State, public funds or property belonging to the State, or the value thereof, may be brought
in any county. On motion of the defendant, any Justice of the Superior Court may, for sufficient reasons shown, remove the
same to the docket of said court in any other county for trial and may, upon such removal, award costs to the defendant for
one term, to be paid by the Treasurer of State on presentation of the certificate of the amount thereof from the clerk of
courts of the county from which said action is transferred.
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 14 - §508. Transfer of venue
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 201: VENUE
§508. Transfer of venue
A presiding Justice of the Superior Court may, in the interests of justice and to secure the speedy trial of an action, or
for other good cause, transfer any civil action or proceeding from the Superior Court in one county to another county. The
Chief Justice of the Superior Court may, in the interests of justice and to secure the speedy trial of actions and the efficient
scheduling of trials, or for other good cause, transfer any number of civil actions or proceedings from the Superior Court
in one county to another county. Transfer may also be by consent of all parties to any civil action or proceeding, provided
that the prior approval of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court is obtained.
[1991, c. 634 (amd).]
Section History:
PL 1965,
Ch. 356,
§9
(AMD).
PL 1975,
Ch. 337,
§1
(RPR).
PL 1981,
Ch. 558,
§
(AMD).
PL 1983,
Ch. 688,
§5
(RPR).
PL 1991,
Ch. 634,
§
(AMD).
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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