Material ready for shipment to Guatemala has been seized along with the contents of the building and property of Mason Station.
During the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen’s Oct. 15 meeting, Town Manager Laurie Smith told the board the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office had issued the notice on the property pursuant to the order of State of Maine Superior Court.
The town of Wiscasset filed a suit against Mason Station LLC on Dec. 7, 2012, to recover nearly $850,000 in back taxes. On Feb. 7, the Lincoln County Superior Court granted the town a default judgment against Mason Station LLC.
The judgment allows the town to collect the debt by attaching the assets of Mason Station LLC. Because of foreclosures the town owns 76 of the 85 parcels of Mason Station properties. The town doesn’t own the Mason Station building or the contents in the building, but because of the default judgment, those assets of Mason Station can be seized, and not removed from the property, according to Smith.
Much of the equipment in the Mason Station building had been sold to a company in Guatemala by the owner Joe Cotter, Smith said. Much of the equipment has already been shipped, and it appears that some of the equipment is ready for shipment. However the notice posted on the material indicates clearly it is not to be moved.
The notice posted on the property reads, “Sheriff’s Notice The contents of this building, property, goods, or chattels has been seized by the execution pursuant to the state of Maine Superior Court, County of Lincoln Docket # WISSC-CV-12-47: See attached write of execution. DO NOT REMOVE”
Mason Station property was purchased by National Resource owner Joe Cotter in 2004, from Florida Power and Light Company for a sale price of $3.9 million.
