Maine § 38 §1154 Appeal

Maine Statutes

§ 38 §1154 — Appeal

Maine § 38 §1154

Title 38WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Ch. 11SANITARY DISTRICTS

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 38 §1154 (2026).

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If a person sustaining damages by any taking by a sanitary district under section 1153 does not agree with the district upon the sum to be paid therefor, either party, upon petition to the county commissioners of the county in which the property is located, may have the damages assessed by them; the procedure and all subsequent proceedings and right of appeal thereon must be had under the same restrictions, conditions and limitations as are or may be by law prescribed in the case of damages by the laying out of highways by the county commissioners, except only:

1.Title not vested until payment. Title to the lands, real estate, easements or interests therein and other property and rights to be taken do not vest in the district until payment to the owner of the amount awarded therefor or, i

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If a person sustaining damages by any taking by a sanitary district under section 1153 does not agree with the district upon the sum to be paid therefor, either party, upon petition to the county commissioners of the county in which the property is located, may have the damages assessed by them; the procedure and all subsequent proceedings and right of appeal thereon must be had under the same restrictions, conditions and limitations as are or may be by law prescribed in the case of damages by the laying out of highways by the county commissioners, except only:
1.
Title not vested until payment.
Title to the lands, real estate, easements or interests therein and other property and rights to be taken do not vest in the district until payment to the owner of the amount awarded therefor or, if such payment is refused upon tender, until tender thereof to the treasurer of the county in which lands and interests are located, for escrow at interest for the benefit of the owner pending final determination of the amount to which the owner is entitled; and
2.
Appeal.
In the event of an appeal of the amount awarded as damages for such a taking: