(a) Required nonelectronic service. Except as provided in subparagraph (b), a Registered Filer shall serve upon a party the notice of a civil action or probate proceeding, other process, or a writ of execution or possession, or service upon a nonparty of a subpoena or other original or final process, and any documents accompanying any such notice or process by nonelectronic means unless accepted by electronic receipt by a Registered Filer through the court's electronic filing system. Any required return of service must be filed electronically in accordance with these rules unless otherwise provided in Rule 92.3(b) or by the applicable rules of procedure.(b) Form N-104. In the case of Form N-104, the court shall serve notice by nonelectronic means unless accepted by electronic receipt by a Registered Filer through the court's electronic filing system. Any required return of service must be filed electronically in accordance with these rules unless otherwise provided in Rule 92.3(b) or by the applicable rules of procedure. (c) Permissible electronic or nonelectronic service. Documents or exhibits required or permitted by applicable rules of procedure to be served on an attorney or party may be served by electronic means or by nonelectronic means, provided that notice is served pursuant to 92.11(a).Adopted April 13, 2012, effective 5/1/2012.Advisory Committee Note - November 2011
Rule 92.11 sets forth the procedures governing service of notice or process in connection with probate and civil matters within Maine's Probate Courts. The rule requires that service, including service of Form N-104, be made by nonelectronic means except when service is made upon a Registered Filer. Service upon a Registered Filer should be made by electronic means through the court's e-filing system. The standards related to service by nonelectronic means are unchanged by Rule 92.11. The rule thus contemplates the means by which service is to be made upon attorneys and parties who are not registered filers and attorneys and parties who are Registered Filers.