51 chapters · 568 sections in this title.
23 M.R.S. § 3651 Failure to provide safety and convenience
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Highways, town ways and streets legally established must be opened and kept in repair so as to be safe and convenient for travelers with motor vehicles based on existing roadway surface and the season of the year. A municipal officer or county commissioner responsible for mainten…
23 M.R.S. § 3652 Notice of defect; hearing on petition
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1. Municipal board of appeals; authority to hear petition. The legislative body of a municipality may appoint the municipal board of appeals established pursuant to Title 30‑A, section 2691 to receive a petition of a defective town way to review. 2. Persons petitioning defective …
23 M.R.S. § 3655 Personal injury actions; limitations; damages; notice
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A person who receives any bodily injury or suffers damage in the person's property through any defect or want of repair or sufficient railing in any highway, town way, causeway or bridge may recover for the same in a civil action, to be commenced within one year from the date of …
23 M.R.S. § 3656 Repair within 6 years; location conclusive
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When on trial of any such action or indictment as provided for in section 3655 it appears that the defendant county or town has made repairs on the way or bridge within 6 years before the injury, it shall not deny the location of such way or bridge.