Town of Farmington · Franklin County · Maine
Find the Town office for assessment or code questions, Franklin County contacts for probate and land records, and Maine rules that can affect a sale.
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Local offices
The Town handles municipal assessments and code or planning questions; Franklin County offices handle probate and recorded land documents. An assessment, tax account, deed, and court case are different records.
Town of Farmington · assessments, property information, and tax maps
Use the Assessor for municipal assessment, property-information, commitment-book, and tax-map questions. These Town records are separate from recorded deeds and court case records.
Farmington Municipal Building, 153 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington, ME 04938 · (207) 778-6530
Town of Farmington · local code, permits, and planning
Contact this Town office about local code, permit, planning, and property-notice questions.
Farmington Municipal Building, 153 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington, ME 04938 · (207) 778-5874
Franklin County · probate court information and office services
Use the County Probate Court page for local probate-court contact and routing. The court contact does not, by itself, establish who may sign for a particular estate.
140 Main Street, Suite 6, Farmington, ME 04938 · (207) 778-5888
Franklin County · recorded deeds and land records
Use the Registry for searching, recording, or requesting copies of county land records. A deed search is different from a municipal assessment or a court case record.
140 Main Street, Suite 5, Farmington, ME 04938 · (207) 778-5889
Maine rules that affect a sale
Maine taxes each deed at $2.20 for every $500 of value or fraction of $500. The law splits the tax evenly between the seller and buyer. On a $100,000 sale, that is $440 total, or $220 for each side. Since November 1, 2025, the part of the value above $1 million carries an additional $3.80 per $500. Some transfers are exempt, but exemptions have conditions and an ordinary sale to a buyer usually does not qualify.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the real estate transfer tax. Your mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate.
36 M.R.S. § 4641-A · Maine Revenue Services transfer-tax guidance · Maine Revenue Services Bulletin No. 31 on exemptions
The person appointed by the Probate Court—the personal representative—has authority to act for the estate. Maine law generally lets that representative sell estate land after appointment and issuance of letters, unless the will or a court order limits the power. A court-supervised estate may have additional limits. We can discuss a sale with the appointed representative and work alongside the estate's attorney.
Maine law on a personal representative's power to sell land · Maine law on supervised administration
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The Town of Farmington Assessor handles municipal assessment, property-information, commitment-book, and tax-map questions. Call (207) 778-6530 at the Farmington Municipal Building, 153 Farmington Falls Road. Recorded deeds are handled separately by the Franklin County Registry of Deeds.
The Franklin County Registry of Deeds is the county route for recorded land records. It is at 140 Main Street, Suite 5, Farmington, and can be reached at (207) 778-5889. A court judgment or case record is a different record; use the court and case information shown on the court notice or judgment.
Contact the Town of Farmington Code Enforcement / Planning office at (207) 778-5874, 153 Farmington Falls Road. The Town page lists its local code, permit, and planning resources.
The Probate Court-appointed personal representative is the person whose authority matters. Maine law generally lets that representative sell estate land after appointment and issuance of letters, unless the will or a court order limits the power. The Franklin County Probate Court provides local office routing; it does not determine the authority for an individual property from a general inquiry.
Maine taxes a deed at $2.20 per $500 of value or fraction, split equally between seller and buyer. Since November 1, 2025, value above $1 million also carries an additional $3.80 per $500. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the real estate transfer tax. Your mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate.