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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30-A, § 2002 (2026)

Municipality as body corporate

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The residents of a municipality are a body corporate which may sue and be sued, appoint attorneys and adopt a seal.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2021 · leading case: PIKE Indus., INC. v. City of Westbrook, 2012 ME 78 (Me. 2012).
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PIKE Indus., INC. v. City of Westbrook, 2012 ME 78 (Me. 2012). “See 30-A M.R.S. § 2002 (2011). By necessary implication, this authority carries with it the authority to compromise disputed claims.”
Bay Commc'ns III LLC v. City of Rockland (D. Me. 2021). “30-A M.R.S. §§ 2002, 2004; City of Rockland Charter art.”
Ross v. Metro Pulse (Me. Super. Ct 2017). “7, 1987); 30-A M.R.S. § 2002 (2016) (granting defendant's motion to drop the Bangor Police Department as a party because the police department is not an entity that can be sued).”
Pike Indus., Inc. v. City of Westbrook (Me. Super. Ct 2010). “Because the City Council has the power to settle claims, as attendant to the right granted to municipalities by the Legislature to sue and be sued, see 30-A M.R.S. § 2002, and because opponents were provided with notice and the opportunity to be heard, the court will not second…”
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