Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 23, § 3024 (2026)

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No taking of property or interests therein by a municipality, or the discontinuance of a town way except by abandonment, after September 12, 1959, shall be valid against owners of record or abutting landowners who have not received actual notice, unless there is recorded in the registry of deeds for the county where the land lies either a deed, or a certificate attested by the municipal clerk, describing the property and stating the final action of the municipality with respect to it. [PL 1975, c. 711, §8 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 711, §8 (NEW).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1989–2018 · leading case: Earwood v. Town of York, 1999 ME 3 (Me. 1999).

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Earwood v. Town of York, 1999 ME 3 (Me. 1999). · cites it 4× “Following a bench trial the court concluded that the Town of York’s discontinuance of Bell Marsh Road, pursuant to 23 M.R.S.A § 3024 (1992) and 23 M.R.S.A § 3026 (Supp.”

Luce v. City of Portland, 556 A.2d 656 (Me. 1989). “23 M.R.S.A. § 3024 (1980). . Property owners are protected against delays in payment by another paragraph of 23 M.”

Bayberry Cove Child.'s Land Trust v. Town of Steuben, 180 A.3d 119 (Me. 2018). “See 23 M.R.S. § 3024 (2017). [¶ 7] Pursuant to M.”

Bayberry Cove Child.'s Land Trust v. Town of Steuben, 2018 ME 28 (Me. 2018). “See 23 M.R.S. § 3024 (2017). 5 [¶7] Pursuant to M.”

Town of Newport v. Whitaker (Me. Super. Ct 2008). “I This statute has been replaced by 23 M.R.S.A. § 3024 which reads: "No taking of property or interests therein by a municipality, or the discontinuance of a town way except by abandonment, after September 12, 1959, shall be valid against owners of record or abutting landowners…”

Smith v. Town of Gorham (Me. Super. Ct 2013). “The taking is not completed until the municipality complies with the notice requirements set forth in 23 M.R.S.A. § 3024: No taking of property or interests therein by a municipality, or the discontinuance of a town way except by abandonment, after September 12, 1959, shall be…”

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