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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1545S.P. 629 In Senate, April 10, 2025
An Act to Clarify the Maximum Value That a Small Estate May Be
Under the Maine Uniform Probate Code to Permit Collection of
Personal Property by Affidavit
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BAILEY of York.
Cosponsored by Senators: CARNEY of Cumberland, HAGGAN of Penobscot,
Representatives: HENDERSON of Rumford, KUHN of Falmouth, LEE of Auburn, POIRIER
of Skowhegan. Page 1 - 132LR1977(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A,
3 §2 and affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14, is amended to read:
4 A. The value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does
5 not exceed $40,000, adjusted for inflation pursuant to section 1-108;
6 is enacted to read:
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8 accessible website the value described in subsection 1, paragraph A, including the
9 adjustment for inflation.
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11 This bill amends the provision of law within the Maine Uniform Probate Code
12 governing collection of personal property by use of an affidavit. This provision of law
13 applies only to estates with values that do not exceed $40,000, adjusted for inflation
14 pursuant to cost-of-living adjustment provisions within the Maine Uniform Probate Code.
15 The bill adds a cross-reference to clarify that the $40,000 figure is adjusted for inflation.
16 The bill also requires county probate courts to annually publish the value of this figure
17 adjusted for inflation on the court's publicly accessible website.
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