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Every source behind the Maine guide

6 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 18 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch October 3, 2026

What each source establishes

The Maine guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

18-C M.R.S. § 3-1201

Maine Legislature · Data for this page extracted on 10/20/2025 14:32:56. · Verified August 9, 2026

1. Affidavit; duty to deliver property. Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action belonging to the decedent shall make payment of the indebtedness or deliver the personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent upon being presented an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor stating that: A. The value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $40,000, adjusted for inflation pursuant to section 1‑108 ; [PL 2025, c. 76, §1 (AMD).] B. Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent; [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] C.

What was published from this source

  • ME 18-C M.R.S. § 3-1201

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity
  • quoted legal rule
  • section identity

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Simplified-procedure rule

18-C M.R.S. § 1-108

Maine Legislature · Data for this page extracted on 10/20/2025 14:32:56. · Verified August 9, 2026

2. Automatic adjustment of amounts for inflation. The dollar amounts stated in sections 2‑102 , 2‑402 , 2‑403 , 2‑405 and 3‑1201 apply to the estate of a decedent who died in or after 2017, but for the estate of a decedent who died after 2018, these dollar amounts must be increased or decreased if the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of death exceeds or is less than the reference base index. For a wrongful death action brought with respect to a person who died after 2023, the dollar amount stated in section 2‑807, subsection 2 for loss of comfort, society and companionship must be adjusted if the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of death exceeds or is less than the reference base index.

What was published from this source

  • ME 18-C M.R.S. § 1-108

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity
  • quoted legal rule
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

18-C M.R.S. § 3-719

Maine Legislature · Data for this page extracted on 10/20/2025 14:32:56. · Verified August 9, 2026

A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for the personal representative's services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, the personal representative may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation. A personal representative also may renounce the personal representative's right to all or any part of the compensation. A written renunciation of fee may be filed with the court.

What was published from this source

  • ME 18-C M.R.S. § 3-719

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity
  • quoted legal rule
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

18-C M.R.S. § 3-801

Maine Legislature · Data for this page extracted on 10/20/2025 14:32:56. · Verified August 9, 2026

1. Notice by publication. Unless notice has already been given under this section, a personal representative upon appointment shall publish a notice to creditors announcing the appointment and the personal representative's address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within 4 months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. The notice to creditors must be published once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of death. [PL 2019, c. 598, §4 (AMD).] 2. Notice by mail.

What was published from this source

  • ME 18-C M.R.S. § 3-801

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity
  • quoted legal rule
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

18-C M.R.S. § 3-803

Maine Legislature · Data for this page extracted on 10/20/2025 14:32:56. · Verified August 9, 2026

1. Claims arising before death. All claims against a decedent's estate that arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the State and any subdivision of the State, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract, tort or other legal basis, if not barred earlier by another statute of limitations or nonclaim statute, are barred against the estate, the personal representative and the heirs and devisees and nonprobate transferees of the decedent, unless presented within the earlier of the following: A. Nine months after the decedent's death; or [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] B. The time provided by section 3‑801, subsection 2 for creditors who are given actual notice, and the time provided in section 3‑801, subsection 1 for all creditors barred by publication.

What was published from this source

  • ME 18-C M.R.S. § 3-803

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity
  • quoted legal rule
  • section identity

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Court and venue rule

18-C M.R.S. § 1-302

Maine Legislature · Data for this page extracted on 10/20/2025 14:32:56. · Verified August 9, 2026

1. Subject matter jurisdiction. To the full extent permitted by the laws of the State, the court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to: A. The estates of decedents, including the construction of wills and determination of heirs and successors of decedents, and estates of protected persons; [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] B. The protection of minors and incapacitated persons; and [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] C. Trusts.

What was published from this source

  • ME 18-C M.R.S. § 1-302

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity
  • quoted legal rule
  • section identity

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What Maine courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

No Maine court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.

Limits on court material

  • Maine’s Probate Courts are county courts rather than a division of the Maine Judicial Branch; statewide court resources do not supply one operative county fee.
  • Section 3-1201(3) requires each county Probate Court to publish the inflation-adjusted affidavit value annually.
  • Maine's probate courts are county courts and sit outside the state Judicial Branch, so their shared portal at maineprobate.net -- not a state judiciary domain -- is the official statewide entry point.
  • The shared portal at maineprobate.net refuses automated requests, so it is named here rather than linked: this site publishes only court links it has proven reachable. Search for it directly, or contact the Probate Court of the county where the decedent lived.

Checking these Maine records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the267 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Maine. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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