Me. Rev. Stat. » Title 11
Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 11, § 9-503 (2026)

Secured party's right to take possession after default

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ME-LEGlegislature.maine.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 699, §A1 (RP). PL 1999, c. 699, §A4 (AFF).
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–1993 · leading case: Brickel v. Merchants Nat'l Bank of Manchester (In Re Brickel), 11 B.R. 353 (Bankr. D. Me. 1981).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Brickel v. Merchants Nat'l Bank of Manchester (In Re Brickel), 11 B.R. 353 (Bankr. D. Me. 1981). · cites it 2× “1 Plaintiffs contend that the intimidating presence of a uniformed police officer accompanying the Defendant purporting to engage in “self-help” repossession of the Debtor’s tractor constituted constructive force and a breach of peace in violation of 11 M.R.S.A. § 9-503.…”
Leighton v. Fleet Bank of Maine, 634 A.2d 453 (Me. 1993). “11 M.R.S.A. § 9-503 (1964). Sections 9-504 and 9-505 specifically provide, however, that the disposition of the property must be in compliance with strict notification and commercial reasonableness standards.”
Trans Coastal Corp. v. Curtis, 622 A.2d 1186 (Me. 1993). “2d 436, 437 (1965) (seller’s remedy for breach of conditional sales contract); 11 M.R.S.A. §§ 9-503, 9-504 (1964 & Supp.”
Union Trust Co. of Ellsworth v. Hardy, 400 A.2d 384 (Me. 1979). “”, see 11 M.R.S.A. §§ 9-503, 9-504(3) and Comment 5 thereto, 9-506, and 9—507(1) and Comment 1 thereto, would severely undercut the interrelated policies infusing Article Nine: to promote peaceful repossessions and to safeguard the rights of debtors to redeem, as well as to…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.