Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 — Taxation
36 M.R.S. § 1032
Action may be brought in name of municipality
In addition to other provisions for the collection of taxes, the municipal officers of any municipality to which a tax is due may in writing direct a civil action to be commenced in the name of such municipality against the party liable; but no such defendant is liable for any costs of the action, unless it appears by the declaration and by proof that payment of said tax had been duly demanded before the action.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 943-B · Credit reporting; payment during redemption period
- 943-C · Sale of foreclosed properties
- 944 · Foreclosure for equitable relief, procedure
- 945 · Foreclosure in action for equitable relief; alternative…
- 946 · Action for equitable relief after period of redemption; procedure
- 946-A · Tax-acquired property and the restriction of title action
- 946-B · Tax-acquired property and the restriction of title action
- 946-C · Abandoned tax-acquired property
- 947 · Presumption of validity
- 948 · Supplemental assessments; enforcement of lien
- 949 · Disbursement of excess funds
- 991 · Distraint for taxes; procedure; sale
- 992 · Disposition of surplus
- 993 · Arrest; notice; procedure; fees
- 994 · Tax collector may issue warrant of distress to sheriff, deputy…
- 995 · Warrant of distress; service; notice; fees
- 996 · Distraint before tax due to prevent loss
- 997 · Arrest and commitment; procedure
- 998 · Tax collector liable unless taxpayer imprisoned within one year
- 1031 · Tax collector may bring action in own name
- 1032 · Action may be brought in name of municipality
- 1071 · Tax collector's tax auction sale; notice; procedure
- 1072 · -- form
- 1073 · Notice to owners or occupants of time and place of sale
- 1074 · Sale; procedure; costs
- 1075 · Tax collector's return of sale; form
- 1076 · Purchaser to notify mortgagee of sale; right of redemption
- 1077 · Purchaser's failure to pay in 20 days voids sale
- 1078 · Owner's right to redeem
- 1079 · Refund of taxes paid by purchaser
- 1080 · Delivery of deed to purchaser after 2 years
- 1081 · Nonresident owner's action; time limit
- 1082 · Municipal officers may bid at sale
- 1083 · Collector's deed; prima facie evidence of validity of sale
- 1084 · Posting notices; evidence of
- 1101 · Purpose
- 1102 · Definitions
- 1103 · Owner's application
- 1104 · Administration; regulations
- 1105 · Valuation of farmland