Mutilation

1 M.R.S. § 254, under SEAL, MOTTO, EMBLEMS AND FLAGS.

1 M.R.S. § 254

No person shall publicly or openly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield. [PL 1973, c. 262, §2 (AMD).]

Any violation of this section shall be a Class E crime.