Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 — Taxation
36 M.R.S. § 801
Sheriff may collect taxes
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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.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 726 · Valuation of land
- 751 · County taxes; collection
- 752 · Payment
- 753 · Municipal tax commitment; form
- 754 · -- lost or destroyed
- 755 · Bond
- 756 · Compensation
- 757 · Receipts for taxes
- 757-A · Collector to furnish certificate to boat registration applicants
- 758 · Notification to assessors of invalid tax
- 759 · Accounting; penalties
- 759-A · Prohibition on commingling funds
- 760 · Perfection of collections
- 760-A · Minor or burdensome amounts
- 761 · Failure; action
- 762 · Collections completed by new collectors
- 763 · Settlement procedure; removal from municipality; resignation
- 764 · Incapacity
- 765 · Death
- 766 · Warrant for completion of collection; form
- 801 · Sheriff may collect taxes
- 802 · Proceedings by sheriff
- 803 · Sheriff's duty in respect to warrant; alias warrant
- 841 · Abatement procedures
- 841-A · Abatement by municipal officers; procedure
- 841-B · Land Classification Appeals Board; purpose; composition
- 841-C · Hearing
- 842 · Notice of decision
- 843 · Appeals
- 843-A · Appeals to Forestry Appeal Board
- 843-B · Hearing
- 844 · Appeals to county commissioners
- 844-A · Board of Assessment Review
- 844-B · Definitions
- 844-C · Composition
- 844-D · Jurisdiction
- 844-E · Assignment of hearing
- 844-F · Place of hearing
- 844-G · Appeal to State Board of Assessment Review
- 844-H · Hearing procedure