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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 7303 (2026)

Bond; additional security

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Before serving the writ, the officer shall take from the plaintiff, or someone in his behalf, a bond to the defendant, with sufficient sureties or with a surety company authorized to do business in this State as surety, in double the value of the goods to be replevied, conditioned as in the prescribed form of the writ, to be returned with the writ to the court from which the writ issued, for the use of the defendant, and new sureties or surety company may be required thereon as provided in section 7403.  
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–1994 · leading case: Ford New Holland, Inc. v. Thompson Mach., Inc., 617 A.2d 540 (Me. 1992).
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Ford New Holland, Inc. v. Thompson Mach., Inc., 617 A.2d 540 (Me. 1992). “14 M.R.S.A. § 7303 (1980). The statute is clear that the plaintiff’s bond should have “sufficient sureties” to provide security for the defendant for possible damages and costs in the event of a wrongful replevin.”
Child's Play Ltd. v. A & A, Inc., 642 A.2d 170 (Me. 1994). · cites it 3× “A & A challenges the writ on the ground that the bond ordered for A & A’s security does not satisfy the statute, 14 M.R.S.A § 7303 (1980), and argues that the injunction improperly circumvents the requirements for a writ of replevin.”
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