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Additional Information:
Small claims cases are heard by City Court in urban parishes and Justice of the Peace Court in rural parishes.
Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, Title 14, Sections 1901, 7481-7487;
Maine Rules of Small Claims Procedure, Rules 1-18.
$4,500.
Department
of the Secretary of State Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 101 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333;
Phone: 207-624-7736; Fax: 207-287-5874.
Certified mail, registered mail, sheriff, deputy, disinterested adult, or court clerk
(if less than 3 claims filed in a given month).Certified mail, registered mail, sheriff, deputy, disinterested adult, or court clerk (if less than 3 claims filed in a given month).
Set by court.
Allowed.
Allowed.
Either party may file an appeal to Superior Court within 30 days of judgment.
No equitable relief. No jury trial. The court may order mediation.