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USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 33. PROPERTY
Chapter : Chapter 33. UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE (HEADING. PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, @1 (rp))
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Title 33 - §1701. Merchandise unclaimed for 6 months, sold to pay charges
Title 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 33: UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, @1 (rp))
§1701. Merchandise unclaimed for 6 months, sold to pay charges
Whenever baggage, goods, merchandise, packages or parcels transported by any railroad, steamboat, express company or stage
company existing by virtue of the laws of this State remain unclaimed for 6 months after its arrival at the point to which
it shall have been directed, the same may be sold at auction in the city or town where the railroad, steamboat, express company
or stage company has its general or principal office or any freight house. Whenever baggage, goods, merchandise, packages
or parcels transported by any railroad, steamboat, express company or stage company not existing by virtue of the laws of
this State and having no office or president, treasurer, clerk or general superintendent within this State, but doing business
in this State, remain unclaimed for 6 months after its arrival at the point to which it shall have been directed, the same
may be sold at auction to pay the charges thereon and the expense of advertising and selling.
[1987, c. 490 Part C, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 490,
§C1
(NEW).
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
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 33 - §1702. Notice of sale; disposal of proceeds
Title 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 33: UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, @1 (rp))
§1702. Notice of sale; disposal of proceeds
Any company existing by virtue of the laws of this State holding any such articles or merchandise shall give, before selling
the same, 30 days' notice of the time and place of sale in 4 public newspapers, one published at Portland, in the County of
Cumberland; one published at Augusta, in the County of Kennebec; one published at Lewiston, in the County of Androscoggin;
and one published at Bangor, in the County of Penobscot. The notices shall contain a brief description and list of all such
property and shall describe such marks thereon as may serve to identify them, together with the name of the consignee and
the place to which the articles were billed. Any company not existing by virtue of the laws of this State and having no office
or president, treasurer, clerk or general superintendent within this State, but doing business within this State, before selling
any such articles or merchandise, shall give 30 days' notice of the time and place of sale, by publishing notice in some public
newspaper, printed in the county where such merchandise is so held, 3 weeks successively, the last publication to be at least
7 days before the day appointed for the sale. If no newspaper is published in the county where such articles or merchandise
are so held, such notice shall be published in some newspaper in an adjoining county. Such articles or merchandise shall be
sold at the place where held. The proceeds of all goods so sold, after deducting the costs of transportation, storage, advertising
and sale, shall be placed to the credit of the owner in the books of the company making the sale and shall be paid to him
on demand. The company shall not be liable to the owner of the property for any greater sum than so received from the sale.
[1987, c. 490, Part C, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 490,
§C1
(NEW).
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
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 33 - §1703. Common carriers may sell perishable goods which owner neglects or refuses to receive
Title 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 33: UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, @1 (rp))
§1703. Common carriers may sell perishable goods which owner neglects or refuses to receive
When a common carrier has transported property of a perishable nature, which cannot be kept without great deterioration or
substantial destruction, to its place of destination and has notified the owner or consignee of the arrival of the same, and
the owner or consignee, after such notice, has refused or omitted to receive and take away the same and pay the freight and
proper charges thereon, the carrier, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, may sell the same at public or private sale
without advertising. The proceeds, after deducting the amount of the freight and charges and expenses of sale, shall be held
for the persons entitled thereto. If the owner or consignee cannot be found on reasonable inquiry, the sale may be made without
such notice.
[1987, c. 490, Part, C, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 490,
§C1
(NEW).
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
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 33 - §1704. Sale of livestock; proceedings when owner or consignee missing; notice of sale
Title 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 33: UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, @1 (rp))
§1704. Sale of livestock; proceedings when owner or consignee missing; notice of sale
When a common carrier has transported livestock, which can be kept only at continual expense, to its place of destination
and has notified the owner or consignee of the arrival of the same, and the owner or consignee after such notice has refused
or omitted to receive and take away the same and pay the freight and proper charges thereon, the carrier may cause the same
to be sold at auction to pay the freight and charges thereon, including the cost of keeping, and the expenses of advertising
and selling. If the owner or consignee cannot be found on reasonable inquiry, the carrier may cause the same to be advertised
and sold without such notice. Before selling any such livestock, the common carrier holding the same shall give 2 weeks' notice
of the time and place of sale in a newspaper published in the place where the livestock is held, if any; otherwise in a newspaper
published at a place nearest thereto. The notice shall reasonably describe the livestock. The proceeds of sale, after deducting
the amount of freight and charges, including the cost of keeping and the expenses of advertising and sale, shall be held for
the persons entitled thereto.
[1987, c. 490, Part C, §1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 490,
§C1
(NEW).
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
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 33 - §1705. All sales recorded
Title 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 33: UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, @1 (rp))
§1705. All sales recorded
All sales under this chapter shall be recorded in a suitable book, open to the inspection of claimants, in which the articles
sold shall be correctly described, and the charges and expenses thereon and the price at which they were sold shall be entered.
[1987, c. 490, Part C, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 490,
§C1
(NEW).
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
This page created on: 2005-10-01
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