Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 4751 (2026)

Goods sold on execution

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All chattels, real and personal liable at common law to attachment and not exempted therefrom by statute, may be taken and sold on execution as prescribed in this subchapter and subchapter 4. Credits of a sole proprietorship doing business under an assumed or trade name, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, other than payroll accounts expressly so designated to the credit holder by the account owner, may be taken on execution by an officer and turned over to the judgment creditor to be applied to the judgment, together with interest and costs.   [PL 2007, c. 88, §2 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. B, §19 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 125, §6 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 187, §5 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 88, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. B, §19 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2025 · leading case: New England Mortg. Servs. Co. v. Petit, 590 A.2d 1054 (Me. 1991).
New England Mortg. Servs. Co. v. Petit, 590 A.2d 1054 (Me. 1991). · cites it 2× “" 14 M.R.S.A. § 4751 (Supp. 1990); see also id.”
Vital Basics, Inc. v. Vertrue Inc., 515 F. Supp. 2d 170 (D. Me. 2007). · cites it 2× “VILP adds the argument that Maine’s execution statutes prohibit Vertrue from taking Vital Basics’ Wal-Mart receivables, citing 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 4751 and 4762. Memorandum of Visionary Investment Limited Partnership in Support of Intervention and of Staying Plaintiff Vertrue’s…”
Aquino v. Mcdonald (D. Me. 2025). “permits the county sheriff to seize and sell the debtor’s property”); 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 4751 (provisions governing officers’ sales of nonexempt property).”
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