Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 465 (2026)

Abutters own the centerline of road or way

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Any person owning land in this State abutting a town or private way, county road or highway, whose predecessors in title have not reserved any title in such road or way as provided in sections 460 and 461, or filed the notice provided in section 462 within the time specified therein, shall be deemed to own to the centerline of such road or way except as provided in sections 466 to 469. [PL 1977, c. 696, §257 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1973, c. 505 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 696, §257 (AMD).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases, 1989–2020 · leading case: Watts v. Watts, 2003 ME 36 (Me. 2003).

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Watts v. Watts, 2003 ME 36 (Me. 2003). · cites it 3× “) that 33 M.R.S.A. § 465 (1999) does not vest them with ownership of a disputed parcel of land and that Franklin and Mildred Watts (Franklin) own the disputed property.”

Currier v. Cyr, 570 A.2d 1205 (Me. 1990). “See 33 M.R.S.A. § 465 (1988). The Cyrs respond that the Laney judgment established that a public way of 20 feet existed within a larger strip of land that separates the Curriers’ north and south lots, but argue that the Laney judgment does not bar the present action because the…”

Lamb v. Euclid Ambler Assocs., 563 A.2d 365 (Me. 1989). · cites it 2× “The court recognized that plaintiffs are owners of land abutting Harris Road and that under 33 M.R.S.A. § 465 they would be deemed to be the owners to the center line of the road.”

Fournier v. Elliott, 966 A.2d 410 (Me. 2009). “Title 33 M.R.S. § 465 (2008) provides: Any person owning land in this State abutting a town or private way, county road or highway, whose predecessors in title have not reserved any title in such road or way as provided in sections 460 and 461, or filed the notice provided in…”

Gay v. Dube, 2012 ME 30 (Me. 2012). “See 33 M.R.S. § 465 (2011); Lamb v. Euclid Ambler Assocs.”

Watts v. Watts (Me. Super. Ct 2001). · cites it 3× “The defendants countersued, alleging that they own the parcel pursuant to 33 M.R.S.A. section 465 (Counterclaim Count I), by adverse possession (Counterclaim Count II), and through the acquiescence of the plaintiffs (Counterclaim Count III).”

Navarra v. Lakeview Improvement Soc'y (Me. Super. Ct 2004). · cites it 2× “§ 460? and 33 MRS. § 465° is * Section 6651 provides, in pertinent part: A person in possession of real property, claiming an estate of freehold therein .”

King v. Welch (Me. Super. Ct 2020). “Ownership to Centerline of Road As stipulated by the parties, the court concludes that plaintiffs Glenn and Julie King and defendant James Welch each succeeded to ownership to the centerline of the Right-of-Way from their respective lots, and hold title thereto.”

Hartwell v. Town of Medway (Me. Super. Ct 2001). “§ 3031(2); see also 33 M.R.S.A. § 465. This would mean that Hartwell would not be entitled to use the section of the rangeway that connects lot 1 with the Stanley Road.”

Brown v. Paul (Me. Super. Ct 2002). “Crowley Justice, Superior Court Second, plaintiffs argue that the developer failed to reserve title to the road in the grant to the abutters of the road and therefore, by operation of 33 M.R.S.A. § 465, the abutters, or grantees, obtain title to the interest in the road held by…”

Pushard v. Delong (Me. Super. Ct 2003). “s was accomplished over the so-called Chipmunk Lane Extension prior to 1990, there is no evidence that the private way as ~ “developed and used extended to the southerly boundary: Therefore, the failure of Cyr to reserve his rights and his failure to provide notification within…”

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