Abandoning an airtight container

17-A M.R.S. § 514, under OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER.

17-A M.R.S. § 514

1. A person is guilty of abandoning an airtight container if:

A. That person abandons or discards in any public place, or in a private place that is accessible to minors, any chest, closet, piece of furniture, refrigerator, icebox or other article having a compartment capacity of 1 1/2 cubic feet or more and having a door or lid that when closed cannot be opened easily from the inside; or [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §21 (COR).]

B. Being the owner, lessee, manager or other person in control of a public place or of a place that is accessible to minors on which there has been abandoned or discarded a container described in paragraph A, that person knowingly or recklessly fails to remove the container from that place or to remove the door, lid or other cover of the container. [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §22 (COR).]

2. Abandoning an airtight container is a Class E crime.