32 M.R.S. § 14712
§ 14712. Security deposit subject to claims; order of preference; return of security deposit
Each security deposit made under section 14708 is subject, so long as it remains in the hands of the
department, to the attachment and execution in behalf of consumers whose claims arise in connection with the
transient sale of consumer merchandise in this State. The department may be impleaded as a trustee in any
civil action brought against any registrant and shall pay over, under order of court, such sum of money as the
department may be found chargeable. The security deposit is subject to the payment of any fines and penalties
incurred by the registrant through any of the provisions of this subchapter, and the clerk of the court in
which that fine or penalty is imposed shall notify the department of the name of the registrant against whom
that fine or penalty is adjudged and of the amount of that fine or penalty. The department, if it has in its
possession a sufficient sum deposited by that registrant, shall pay the sum so specified to the clerk. If the
department does not have a sufficient sum so deposited, it shall make payment of so much as it has in its
possession. All claims upon the deposit must be satisfied after judgment, fine and penalty, in the order in
which the order of court is entered in the respective suits, until all claims are satisfied or the security
deposit is exhausted. A security deposit may not be paid over by the department to a registrant so long as
there are any outstanding claims or notices of claims that are subject of suit against the registrant, in
which case the department shall retain only such sum of the security deposit as is subject of claim.
The security deposit required under section 14708 must be returned to the person so designated pursuant to
section 14706, subsection 5 in the registrant's application for registration made under section 14702 12
months following the expiration of the registration.