1.  "A HISTORY OF MAINE ROADS 1600 -1970" published online by permission of the Maine Department of Transportation; Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling on undeveloped parcels

Maine Roads History.pdf

Sunshine v Brett.pdf

Goudreau v Pine Springs Road and Water, LLC

Oak Hill Road Wars, video;  Betsy Connor Bowen, Writer and Producer.  This film documents the Manters' thirty-year struggle with municipal and state government over the concept of "public easement", a road the public is free to use but does not have to maintain. 

2.  MAINE PRIVATE WAYS STATUTE, TITLE 23, §§3101-3106

Primary (read carefully):

TITLE 23, §3101, CALL OF MEETINGS; MAINTENANCE; REPAIR

TITLE 23, §3102, DUTIES; NEGLECT TO PAY

TITLE 23, §3103, CONTRACTS FOR REPAIR; RESERVE ACCOUNTS

TITLE 23, §3104, PENALTIES AND PROCESS

Secondary:

TITLE 23, §3105-A, TOWN EQUIPMENT

TITLE 23, §3106, MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE

2A.  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP)

GUIDE TO FORMING ROAD ASSOCIATIONS: An excellent Resource revised in 2020!

Guide to Forming Road Associations.DEP.2020.pdf

2B. FINAL VERSION, LD 461, An Act Regarding Private Ways and Private Roads, now enacted into Maine law.

Maine 131 - SP 215 - LD 461 item 3.pdf

2C.  Title 23, §3121, RESPONSIBILITY FOR COST OF REPAIRS TO AND MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE ROADS THAT BENEFIT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES

TITLE 23, §3121.pdf

3.  FORMING AND RUNNING ROAD ASSOCIATIONS 

The following Documents are available in the RESOURCES Section of the Members Only Page:

FORMING AND RUNNING ROAD ASSOCIATIONS UNDER MAINE STATUTE, A Leadership Manual by Betsy Connor Bowen.MARA.10.19.21.pdf

STATUTORY ROAD ASSN - "Warrant for First Meeting" by Roberta Manter.pdf

DEFINING A "PARCEL OF LAND" in the MAINE PRIVATE WAYS STATUTE, §3101 (4) Voting, is crucial for each private road association because it determines the number of votes per owner and may determine each owner’s share of the annual assessment. Attorney Cliff Goodall, now retired, called a parcel of land "the operative ownership piece for this statute" at the MARA Road Association Conference 2014 (See # 7 below). We have transcribed a portion of Cliff's presentation on this subject and have asked Attorney Mary Denison for her opinion of Cliff's conclusions.

QUESTION FOR ATTORNEY DENISON.Definition of PARCEL OF LAND.05.16.22.pdf

NEW 5/26/24: Our Association's Definition of a Parcel.ALA.pdf

Collections Worksheet.docx (Contains links to Date and Simple Interest calculators) 

SAMPLE Late Payment Policy.docx

Date Calculator

Simple Interest Calculator

HOW TO SUBMIT TESTIMONY:

How to Submit Testimony.pdf

ONLINE RESOURCES:

Guide to Small Claims Cases.pdf

Useful Websites.Manter.pdf

DEP DOCUMENTS AND GUIDANCE:

https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/roadassociation.html

Maine ROADWays Website (Residents & Owners on Abandoned & Discontinued Ways):   

` http://maineroadways.blogspot.com/

THE TOWN OF WINDHAM has more than 60 % of property owners living on private ways or private roads for which the town has provided winter maintenance (plowing and sanding) for over 20 years. This agreement has ended. Windham is currently working on a process to continue plowing "private ways" with public easement, to include having owners on private roads form statutory road associations. Here is a link to Windham's Winter Maintenance program:

https://www.windhammaine.us/758/Private-Ways-with-Winter-Maintenance

DEP Road Maintenance for Belgrade 2015.pdf

Josh Platt Gravel Road Design MES.pdf

Conference 2020:

a.  Mary Denison: "I am  providing a full version of the law and templates for start-up and collection activities."  Application to Notary Public.docx ; Warrant 1st Meeting.docx ; Sample Bylaws for Statutory Road Association.docx ; Notice of Claim for Non Payment and Extension for prior Recorded NOC.docx .

b.  John Maclaine: https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/camp/road/gravel_road_manual.pdf

c.  Roberta Manter: "Based on your responses at the Conference, I have expanded my outline to make it a reference for the topic." Encouraging Member Participation.Expanded Notes.pdf

Conference 2023:

Mary Denison: "I have attached the form that we discussed on Saturday at the (Oct 7th) Conference - a Notice of Statutory Road Association.  It will need to be carefully read and edited by its user prior to recording as it contains specific information about the particular statutory association."  (See Discussion Forum Post, 05 Nov 2020 11:46 AM, Andrew L. Allen,  Use Search Engine, enter "Clarification Denison", my interview with Mary about the value of placing a Notice in the Registry)

Registry Notice of Statutory Road Assn.rev2.docx