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Statutes > Maine > Title18a > Title18-Ach8sec0 > Title18-Asec8-108Title 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 8: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Part 1: RECEIVERSHIPS FOR MISSING AND ABSENT PERSONS
§8-108. Appointment
If such absentee has left no corporeal property within the State, but there are debts or obligations due or owing to him from persons within the State, a petition may be filed as provided in section 8-101, stating the nature and amount of such debts and obligations so far as known, and praying that a receiver thereof may be appointed. The court may thereupon issue a notice as provided, without issuing a warrant, and may, upon the return of said notice and after a hearing, dismiss the petition or appoint a receiver and authorize and direct him to demand and collect the debts and obligations of said absentee. Said receiver shall give bond as provided in section 8-105, and shall hold the proceeds of such debts and obligations and all property received by him and distribute the same as provided. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).
