Title 33, Title 33

Each true owner, or authorized representative of such true owner, shall register the true owner's coastal island with the Coastal Island Registry whether or not such coastal island has been assigned a number under section 1204. Any group of islands assigned a single number under …

1. Filing of registration. The registration must be filed with the Coastal Island Registry on or before December 31, 1975. Any filing of a registration before January 1, 1975 with the Coastal Island Registry in accordance with the law in effect at the date of such filing shall be…

Title to each and every coastal island that is not registered by the true owner or authorized representative of such true owner with the Coastal Island Registry on or before December 31, 1975, shall vest in the State of Maine on January 1, 1976, subject to the exceptions and cond…

Each and every coastal island which the true owner has failed to register shall be held in the possession, custody and control of the Bureau of Parks and Lands until such time as the true owner files a registration, in the same manner as required under section 1205, with the Coas…

The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands shall review each and every claim of true ownership made to a coastal island or islands under section 1205 or section 1208. An initial determination shall be made by the director after consultation with the Attorney General as to the …

Any coastal island that has 4 or more residential structures thereon is exempted from this chapter, provided that such property is on the tax rolls of a municipality or of the State.

1. Publication. The Secretary of State shall publish a notice setting forth the requirements of this chapter in a newspaper of general circulation in the State once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in December, 1973 and once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in July, 1974. 2. Posting.…

Municipal officers shall submit a list of islands within their jurisdiction that are being taxed by the municipality to the Coastal Island Registry on or before December 31, 1973, together with the names and addresses of all record owners of islands with 3 or less residential str…

For the purposes of this chapter, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Geology, Natural Areas and Coastal Resources shall draw the water boundaries of the 8 coastal counties in order to determine in which registry of deeds the island must be regis…

The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands is authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations concerning the organization of the Coastal Island Registry, the procedure by which registrations are to be presented to and reviewed by the Bureau of Parks and Lands and in any oth…

Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the rights of the State to title to property under Title 18, section 1001, subsection 8 or in any action brought to quiet title with respect to island property.

All registration fees except those designated for registers of deeds shall be used to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands is authorized to accept funding from federal or other public or private sources to carry out the purposes of…

Any person who knowingly registers a coastal island, not being the true owner of that island, with the intent of fraudulently obtaining an interest in that island, or with the purpose of deceiving the State as to ownership of that island or to otherwise deceive, deprive, obtain o…