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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Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §665, sub-§6,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 133, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
6.  Repossession.     Upon the exercise of the right to take possession of a vehicle by a lienholder that is a supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301:
 
A.  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
 
B.  The lienholder shall return to the owner within a reasonable amount of time any medical equipment of the owner found within the vehicle.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that the lienholder of a repossessed vehicle must return medical equipment found within that vehicle to the owner of the vehicle.