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2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Chapter 509: EXECUTIONS
14 §4758. Return of sale; fraud in sale or return

Universal Citation:
14 ME Rev Stat § 4758 (2011 through 125th Legis)
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Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY

Subchapter 3: SALES ON EXECUTION

§4758. Return of sale; fraud in sale or return

The officer shall, in his return on the execution, particularly describe each article or lot of goods sold and the price at which it was sold. If he commits any fraud in the sale or return, he forfeits to the debtor 5 times the sum of which he defrauds him, to be recovered in a civil action.

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