PUBLIC Law, Chapter 45, An Act To Ensure That Medical Equipment Found in a Repossessed Vehicle Is Returned to the Owner

An Act To Ensure That Medical Equipment Found in a Repossessed Vehicle Is Returned to the Owner

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §665, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 133, §1, is amended to read:

6. Repossession. Upon the exercise of the right to take possession of a vehicle by a lienholder that is a supervised financial organization creditor as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301, subsection 17, or the assignee of that creditor, ownership of the vehicle vests in the lienholder, subject to the rights granted to the owner and the duties imposed on the lienholder under Title 9-A, Article 5, Part 1 and , Title 11, Article 9-A, Part 6 and Title 32, section 11017.

Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §11017, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3. Special treatment for necessary medical device or equipment in a repossessed vehicle. A consumer who has unsecured property taken when a vehicle is repossessed pursuant to Title 29-A, section 665, subsection 6 may have that property returned by complying with this subsection.

The consumer shall notify the debt collector that:

A. Unsecured property was taken with a repossessed vehicle;

B. The unsecured property includes a medical device or equipment necessary for health or welfare; and

C. The consumer does not have practicable means to retrieve the medical device or equipment.

If the consumer makes a reasonable request for the return of the medical device or equipment, the debt collector shall arrange to have the medical equipment or device promptly returned to the consumer. If the debt collector incurs expenses in actually returning the medical device or equipment to the consumer, those reasonable expenses are considered a reasonable charge incurred in realizing on a security interest in personal property, pursuant to Title 9-A, section 3-402, subsection 1, paragraph B, which may be added to the consumer's indebtedness.

Effective September 12, 2009

HP0237 LD 297	PUBLIC Law, Chapter 45 Signed on 2009-04-21 00:00:00.0 - First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF		LR 432 Item 1
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