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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1954

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • State paper: means the newspaper designated by the Legislature, in which advertisements and notices are required to be published. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
When an execution is issued in the name or for the use of the State, the debtor’s real estate may be taken thereby and sold at auction, notice thereof being given as provided in section 2202, except that notice shall also be published in the state paper, and the last publication in both papers shall be 6 days before the sale. The officer shall make and execute to the purchaser a deed of the estate sold. The debtor has the same right to redeem as to redeem lands levied on by appraisement.