{"data":{"id":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-2053","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"5 M.R.S. §2053","heading":"Account of items in writing may be required","body":"Every officer or other person upon receiving any fees provided for by law, if required by the person paying them, shall make a particular account thereof in writing specifying for what they accrued or the officer or other person forfeits to the person treble the sum paid, to be recovered in a civil action.","path":["TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES","PART 5: FEES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 191: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/5/title5sec2053.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:22Z","sha256":"b9c47c82de891d429ae5c4a8d571047b28967d46494fa74b7f02902c6cf3c60b","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-2052","next":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-2301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}