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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 752-D (2026)

Land surveyors

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All civil actions for professional negligence against a professional land surveyor duly licensed or registered under Title 32 must be commenced within 4 years after the negligence is discovered, but an action may not be commenced more than 10 years after the completion of the contract for services or the completion of the services provided if a contract for services is not involved.   [PL 2007, c. 345, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 161, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 345, §1 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1996–2020 · leading case: Graves v. S.E. Downey Registered Land Surveyor, P.A., 885 A.2d 779 (Me. 2005).
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Graves v. S.E. Downey Registered Land Surveyor, P.A., 885 A.2d 779 (Me. 2005). “Although the Old Sled Road had value as a monument, the court found that the distance call should have been given less significance than other monuments such as the northern line of the MDI High School property.”
Dunelawn Owners' Ass'n v. Gendreau, 2000 ME 94 (Me. 2000). “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 752-D (Supp. 1999). 13 . That duration is not necessarily six years, it may be extended for fraud, 14 M.”
Johnston v. Dow & Coulombe, Inc., 686 A.2d 1064 (Me. 1996). “14 M.R.S.A. § 752-D (Supp.1995) provides: All civil actions for professional negligence against land surveyors duly licensed or registered under Title 32 must be commenced within 4 years after the negligence is discovered, but an action may not be commenced more than 20 years…”
Wyman v. United States Surgical Corp. (D. Me. 2020). “§ 752-C (sexual acts towards minors: no limitation); 14 M.R.S. § 752-D (land surveyors: within four years after the negligence was discovered, but no more than ten years after contract or services completion); 14 M.”
Morgan v. Criterium-Mooney Eng'rs (Me. Super. Ct 2009). “4 (citing 14 M.R.S.A. § 752-D (2003)). While professions differ in substance, '''the elements of professional negligence do not differ from profession to profession.”
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