Maine Code § 11-2-501

Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods
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(1). The buyer obtains a special property and an insurable interest in goods by identification of
existing goods as goods to which the contract refers, even though the goods so identified are
nonconforming and he has an option to return or reject them. Such identification can be made at any
time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of explicit agreement
identification occurs
(a). When the contract is made, if it is for the sale of goods already existing and identified;
(b). If the contract is for the sale of future goods other than those described in paragraph (c), when
goods are shipped, marked or otherwise designated by the seller as goods to which the contract
refers;
(c). When the crops are planted or otherwise become growing crops or the young are conceived, if
the contract is for the sale of unborn young to be born within 12 months after contracting or for the
sale of crops to be harvested within 12 months or the next normal harvest season after contracting
whichever is longer.
(2). The seller retains an insurable interest in goods so long as title to or any security interest in
the goods remains in him and where the identification is by the seller alone, he may until default or
insolvency or notification to the buyer that the identification is final substitute other goods for those
identified.
(3). Nothing in this section impairs any insurable interest recognized under any other statute or
rule of law.

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