{"data":{"id":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-2118","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"33 M.R.S. §2118","heading":"Administrator's options as to custody","body":"1.  Custody declined.  The administrator may decline to take custody of property reported under section 2091 if the administrator determines that:\nA.  The property has a value less than the estimated expenses of notice and sale of the property; or\nB.  Taking custody of the property would be unlawful.\n2.  Before presumed abandoned.  A holder may pay or deliver property to the administrator before the property is presumed abandoned under this Act if the holder:\nA.  Provides the apparent owner of the property notice required by section 2101 and provides the administrator evidence of the holder's compliance with this paragraph;\nB.  Includes with the payment or delivery a report regarding the property conforming to section 2092; and\nC.  First obtains the administrator's consent in a record to accept payment or delivery.  The holder's request must be in writing.\n3.  Presumed abandoned.  On payment or delivery of property under subsection 2, the property is presumed abandoned.","path":["TITLE 33: PROPERTY","CHAPTER 45: MAINE REVISED UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT","SUBCHAPTER 6: TAKING CUSTODY OF PROPERTY BY ADMINISTRATOR"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/33/title33sec2118.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"d99f729a032bc041ad3edef54eba1b6e7b82d906545d4d313df9eb8fbe5a656b","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-2117","next":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-2119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}