01-670-52 Me. Code R. § 2.1

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 670-52-2.1 - Presentation of Claims

A.Who Shall Register

1. Each true owner of a free hold estate in a coastal island must register that interest with the Coastal Island Registry. Freehold estates include fee simple estates, fee tail estates, and life estates.

2. A common and undivided ownership may be registered by one true owner on behalf of all true owners of that estate. The name of each true owner must appear on the registration form and the source of title for each true owner must appear on the form.

3. A true owner may designate an authorized representative to register on behalf of the true owner. An authorized representative includes an attorney at law, an attorney in fact, the administrator or executor of an estate, the guardian ad litem of a minor or an incompetent person, an agent having written authorization of the owner, and any individual who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Registry his/her authority to act.

4. A true owner of a coastal island which is also owned in part by the State of Maine or United States of America shall register that portion owned by said true owner.

B.Registration Fee

1. The registration fee of $10 may be paid in cash, check or money order. Multiple fees may be paid in a single check or money order.

2. Registration forms received without the registration fee shall not be accepted for registration by the Registry.

3. Fees received by check or money order must be honored by the institution upon which they are drawn before the registration will be accepted.

C.Registration Forms

1. Each registration must be filled out in triplicate upon forms provided by the Registry.

2. A copy of the registration form will be returned to the sender by the Registry upon completion of registration. The Registry shall attach to said copy a statement indicating that the registration has been received and accepted by the Registry.

3. Registration forms received by the Registry containing incomplete information shall not be accepted for registration.

4. Incomplete information includes:

a No name of the true owner

b No description of the coastal island

c A description of the coastal island inadequate to locate said island on a map of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for Maine's coastal waters and for use in 1972

d No statement of the year the island was acquired by the registrant

e No statement of the person, if any, from whom the registrant acquired the claimed title

f No signature of the true owner or the authorized representative designated by the true owner.

5. Registrants who have sent incomplete registration forms or have sent complete forms without the $10 registration fee shall be notified by mail within 10 days that their registrations have not been accepted.

6. Registrants shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of said letter to provide the Registry with the lacking information or fee during which time the registration form and fee, if received, shall be held by the Registry.

7. Incomplete registration forms for which the registrant has failed to respond to the notice of incompleteness within thirty (30) days shall be returned to the registrant. The $10 registration fee shall also be returned to the registrant.

8. Registration forms which have been completed by the registrant within thirty (30) days shall be treated as received and accepted effective on the date of receipt by the Registry of the additional required information.

01-670 C.M.R. ch. 52, § 2.1