State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maine > Title14 > Title14ch507sec0 > Title14sec4506Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY
Chapter 507: ATTACHMENTS
Subchapter 3: REAL PROPERTY
Article 2: DEATH OF PARTY
§4506. Continuance of action after officer's death
If an officer authorized to serve precepts dies pending an action for or against him for official neglect or misconduct and no administration is granted on his estate within 3 months thereafter, the party for whose benefit the action is so prosecuted or defended may carry it on in his own name by entering his appearance and giving security for costs, as the court directs.
