Maine replevin bonds.
Recover the property while the case runs.
In Maine you recover personal property someone is unlawfully holding through a replevin action.
Before the officer serves the writ, you post a replevin bond protecting the defendant.
By statute the bond is given in double the value of the goods to be replevied.
It is underwritten, not flat-rated — tell us the property’s value and we quote it.
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The officer won’t serve the writ until the bond is given. Here is the whole process:
Tell us the property
Send a description and the value of the goods, the parties, and the court. The bond is given in double that value, so the value drives both the penal sum and the quote.
A specialist underwrites & quotes
A surety specialist reviews the matter and returns a quote with any collateral requirement. Higher-value property means a larger penal sum, which may be collateralized — we tell you up front.
Execute & file
We issue the bond on the form your court accepts, with the surety’s power of attorney attached, so the writ can be served and the property returned to you pending the replevin action.
What it is and who needs it.
How replevin works in Maine
When goods are unlawfully taken or detained from the owner — or attached or taken on execution — Maine lets the owner recover them through a replevin action under Title 14, Chapter 735.
To get the property back before the case is decided, you post a bond. Under 14 M.R.S. §7303, before serving the writ the officer takes from the plaintiff a bond, with sufficient sureties or with a surety company authorized to do business in Maine, conditioned as the writ requires and returnable with the writ for the defendant’s use.
Because you are taking the property before anyone has decided the case, the bond is given in double the value of the goods to be replevied — protecting the defendant for the goods’ return and for the damages and costs if you turn out not to have been entitled to possession. If the bond later becomes insufficient, the court can require additional surety.
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Start with the property and its value.
These are the actual underwriting fields — the property, its value, the parties, and your business. Submit once and a surety specialist responds in about one business day with a quote and any collateral requirement. No charge until the bond is issued.
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Get your property back, the right way.
Send the property’s value and the parties. A surety specialist underwrites it and returns a quote — typically within one business day. No charge until the bond is issued.