§ 13 §1384 — Service of notice

The person, association, corporation or municipality having ownership or management of a cemetery shall choose that method of notice most reasonably anticipated to be effective. Personal service on the record owner in the same way service of process is made in accordance with Maine Rules of Civil Procedure is the preferred method. If that is not reasonably possible, personal service in the same manner must be considered on the heirs or devisees. If that is not reasonably possible, the notice must be served by delivery by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the record owner at the owner's last known address. If the record owner is deceased or the record owner's whereabouts are unknown, the notice must be served by delivery by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the heirs or devisees of the record owner, to their last known address. If the address of the record owner or heirs or devisees of the record owner cannot be ascertained, notice of the forfeiture must be given by one publication in the official newspaper of the county in which the cemetery is located. In addition, the notice must be recorded in the registry of deeds in the county where the cemetery lot is located.

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 579 (NEW). RR 2025, c. 1, Pt. E, §6 (COR).