Title 17-A, Title 17-A

1. A person is guilty of obstructing public ways if he unreasonably obstructs the free passage of foot or vehicular traffic on any public way, and refuses to cease or remove the obstruction upon a lawful order to do so given him by a law enforcement officer. 2. As used in this se…

1. A person is guilty of harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device if: A. By means of telephone or electronic communication device the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal without the consent of the p…

1. A person is guilty of harassment if, without reasonable cause: A. The person engages in any course of conduct with the intent to harass, torment or threaten another person: (1) After having been notified, in writing or otherwise, not to engage in such conduct by: (a) Any sheri…

1. Violation of a protection from harassment order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655, subsection 1, paragraphs A to C‑1, is a Class D crime as provided in Title 5, section 4659, subsection 1. 2. Violation of a protective order in crimes between family members issued unde…

1. A person is guilty of desecration and defacement if he intentionally desecrates any public monument or structure, any place of worship or burial, or any private structure not owned by him. 2. As used in this section, "desecrate" means marring, defacing, damaging or otherwise p…

1. No person may intentionally or knowingly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, or any fence, railing, curb or other e…

1. No person may possess, sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale, transfer or dispose of any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, knowing or having reasonable cause to …

1. A person is guilty of abuse of corpse if he intentionally and unlawfully disinters, digs up, removes, conceals, mutilates or destroys a human corpse, or any part or the ashes thereof. 2. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor was a physician, scientis…

1. A person is guilty of false public alarm or report if: A. The person knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to a law enforcement officer, an emergency communications center or the 9-1-1 services established in Title 25, chapter 352 with the intent of inducing …

1. A person is guilty of violation of privacy if, except in the execution of a public duty or as authorized by law, that person intentionally: A. Commits a civil trespass on property with the intent to overhear or observe any person in a private place; [PL 1997, c. 467, §1 (AMD).…

1. A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes an image of another person in a state …

1. A person is guilty of failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound if, being a health care practitioner or emergency medical services person, that person treats a human being for a wound apparently caused by the discharge of a firearm and knowingly fails to report the same t…

1. A person is guilty of maintaining an unprotected well if, being the owner or occupier of land on which there is a well, he knowingly fails to enclose the well with a substantial fence or other substantial enclosing barrier or to protect it by a substantial covering which is se…

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

1. A person is guilty of unlawful prize fighting if: A. He knowingly engages in, encourages or does any act to further a premeditated fight without weapons between 2 or more persons, or a fight commonly called a ring fight or prize fight; or [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] B. He kno…

1. A person is guilty of champerty if, with the intent to collect by a civil action a claim, account, note or other demand due, or to become due to another person, he gives or promises anything of value to such person. 2. This section does not apply to agreements between attorney…

1. Creating police standoff. A person is guilty of creating a police standoff if that person: A. Is in fact barricaded as a result of the person's own actions; [PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).] B. Is or claims to be armed with a dangerous weapon; [PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).] C. Is instr…