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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 4401 (2026)

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 412, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 496 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 377, §2 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 512, §1 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 453, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 431, §1 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1975–2020 · leading case: Est. of Whittier, 681 A.2d 1 (Me. 1996).
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Est. of Whittier, 681 A.2d 1 (Me. 1996). · cites it 4× “As originally enacted, section 2-405 referred to 14 M.R.S.A. § 4401, which prior to its repeal in 1981 governed exemptions of personal property from attachment.”
Erik Wuori v. Travis Otis, 2020 ME 27 (Me. 2020). · cites it 2× “5 See 14 M.R.S.A. § 4401 (1964), repealed and replaced by P.”
Eldridge v. Com. Credit Corp. (In Re Eldridge), 22 B.R. 218 (Bankr. D. Me. 1982). · cites it 3× “431, which repealed and replaced the former Maine exemption law, Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 14, §§ 4401 et seq.”
Auburn Fed. Credit Union v. Roberts (In Re Roberts), 22 B.R. 215 (Bankr. D. Me. 1982). · cites it 4× “Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 14, § 4401 (1980) (repealed by P.”
Perkins v. McGonagle, 342 A.2d 287 (Me. 1975). · cites it 3× “In our consideration of this point we need not decide whether, as contended by plaintiffs, the truck was exempt from attachment under 14 M.R.S.A. § 4401 as a “ . . . [tool] necessary for .”
In Re Breau, 17 B.R. 697 (Bankr. D. Me. 1982). “431 to repeal and replace the former exemption statute, Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 14, § 4401. Repealed section 4401 exempted, in part: Trade tools, sewing machine, refrigerator, washing machine, musical instruments.”
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Eldridge v. Com. Credit Corp. (In Re Eldridge), 22 B.R. 218 (Bankr. D. Me. 1982). “431, which repealed and replaced the former Maine exemption law, Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 14, §§ 4401 et seq.”
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