Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-426 – Protection of person dealing with conservator
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1. Protection of 3rd party. A person that assists or deals with a conservator in good faith and for value in any transaction, other than one requiring a court order under section 5-414, is protected as though the conservator properly exercised the power in question. Knowledge by a person that the person is dealing with a conservator does not alone require the person to inquire into the existence of the authority of the conservator or the propriety of the conservator’s exercise of authority, but restrictions on authority that are stated in letters of office, or as otherwise provided by law, are effective as to the person. A person that pays or delivers property to a conservator is not responsible for proper application of the property.
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-426
- Conservator: includes a coconservator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
- Letters of office: means judicial certification of guardianship or conservatorship. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
- Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
- Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property, tangible and intangible, or any interest therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
- State: includes an Indian tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
2. Application of protection. Protection under subsection 1 extends to a procedural irregularity or jurisdictional defect in the proceeding leading to the issuance of letters of office and is not a substitute for protection provided to a person that assists or deals with a conservator by comparable provisions in law of this State other than this Act relating to commercial transactions or simplifying transfers of securities by fiduciaries.
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).