Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 7483 (2026)

Venue

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A small claim shall be brought in the division of the District Court where the transaction occurred, where the defendant resides, where the defendant has a place of business or, if the defendant is a corporation or partnership, where its registered agent resides. [PL 1981, c. 667, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1981, c. 667, §2 (NEW).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: Franklin Printing v. Harvest Hill Press, 2002 ME 116 (Me. 2002).

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Franklin Printing v. Harvest Hill Press, 2002 ME 116 (Me. 2002). · cites it 3× “” 14 M.R.S.A. § 7483 (Supp.2001). Here, the plaintiff, Franklin Printing, filed the complaint in Franklin County even though the place of business of the defendant, Harvest Hill, was in Hancock County.”

Knoblach v. Morris (Me. Super. Ct 2020). “See 14 M.R.S. § 7483. 2 As the Law Court explained, 2 consider pleadings and decisions in the divorce action, as those are documents referred to in the complaint, central to Knoblach's claims, and public documents-indeed, documents of which the court can take judicial notice.”

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