2005 Maine Code - §559 — Deceased persons

      1. Heirs or devisees. A tax to the heirs or devisees may be made without designating any of them by name and each heir or devisee shall be liable for the whole of such tax. Any heir or devisee so taxed may recover of the other heirs or devisees their portions thereof when paid by him. In an action to recover the tax paid, the undivided shares of such heirs or devisees in the real estate, upon which such tax has been paid, may be attached on mesne process or taken on execution issued on a judgment recovered in an action therefor.
      2. Personal representative. A tax to the personal representative shall be collected of him the same as a tax assessed against him in his private capacity. Such tax shall be a charge against the estate and shall be allowed by the judge of probate; but when the personal representative notifies the assessors that he has no funds of the estate to pay such tax and gives them the names of the heirs or devisees, and the proportions of their interests in the real estate to the best of his knowledge, the real estate shall no longer be taxed to him.[1979, c. 540, § 42-B (amd).]

Section History:

PL 1979,  Ch. 540,   §42A,42B (AMD).