36 M.R.S. § 801 — Sheriff may collect taxes

If at the time of the completion of the assessment a tax collector has not been chosen or appointed, or if the tax collector neglects to collect a state or county tax, the sheriff of the county shall collect it, on receiving an assessment thereof, with a warrant under the hands of the municipal assessors, or in the case of primary assessing areas, the municipal officers, or the assessors appointed in accordance with section 705 , as the case may be.