§467. -- public easement acquired over opposite sides of road or way in unequal proportion
Where a town or private way, county road or highway shall be, or shall have been, laid out, widened or altered in such a manner that the public easement is located over land taken from the land on opposite sides of such road or way in unequal proportions, then the persons owning the land abutting the road or way on opposite sides thereof, shall each be deemed to own that portion of such road or way which shall have been acquired from their respective sides of such road or way. If it cannot be determined from which side of the road or way the land was so acquired, the owners of the abutting land on opposite sides of such road or way shall each be deemed to own to the centerline thereof. [PL 1973, c. 505 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 505 (NEW).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE
Subchapter 7: TITLE TO ROADS AND WAYS
33 §460. Conveyance of land abutting a road or way
33 §462. Preservation of claims by filing of notice within 2 years
33 §463. Filing of notice; recording fee
33 §464. Persons under a disability; 2-year period not suspended
33 §465. Abutters own the centerline of road or way
33 §466. -- State and municipal owned roads
33 §467. -- public easement acquired over opposite sides of road or way in unequal proportion