{"data":{"id":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-3-1006","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"18-C M.R.S. §3-1006","heading":"Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees","body":"Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim, and the right of an heir or devisee, or of a successor personal representative acting in the heir's or devisee's behalf, to recover property improperly distributed or its value from any distributee is forever barred at the later of 3 years after the decedent's death or one year after the time of its distribution, but all claims of creditors of the decedent are barred 9 months after the decedent's death.  This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.","path":["TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE","PART 10: CLOSING ESTATES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec3-1006.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"e1e7ad4b343c3fc942543f0a9594785a2a2d43784632b570ad1cb7ca647e4657","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-3-1005","next":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-3-1007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}