134 chapters · 1,171 sections in this title.
12 M.R.S. § 12401 Attacking domestic animals or destroying property
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Except as provided in sections 12402 and 12404, a person may lawfully kill, or cause to be killed, any wild animal or wild turkey, night or day, found in the act of attacking, worrying or wounding that person's domestic animals or domestic birds or destroying that person's proper…
12 M.R.S. § 12402 Damage to crops or orchards
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1. Permission to kill nuisance animals or wild turkeys. Except as provided in section 12404, the cultivator, owner, mortgagee or keeper of any orchard or growing crop, except all types of grasses, clover and grain fields, may take or kill wild animals or wild turkeys night or day…
12 M.R.S. § 12403 Damage to motor vehicles by wild animals or wild birds
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1. Claims. The State is not liable for any claims for damages to a motor vehicle by a wild animal or wild bird. 2. Accidental collisions involving deer, moose, bear or wild turkey. This subsection applies to accidental collisions involving deer, moose, bear or wild turkey. A. The…
12 M.R.S. § 12404 Specific animals
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1. Bear. This subsection applies to the taking or killing of bear found doing damage. A. Section 12402 does not prohibit the taking or killing of bear found doing damage to blueberry land. [PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF).] B. The commissioner may issu…