Title 17, Title 17

The forms set forth in this section, with such changes as adapt them for use in municipalities, are sufficient in law for all cases arising under the provisions to which they purport to be adapted; and the costs to be taxed and allowed for a libel shall be 50¢; for entering the s…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Intoxicated" means the state of having a disturbed mental capacity resulting from the introduction of alcohol, drugs or similar substances into th…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2007, c. 120, §1 (NEW).] 1. Minor. "Minor" means a person who has not attained 18 years of age. 2. Person. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership …

1. Violation. A person may not transfer Salvia divinorum to a minor. 2. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $1,500, plus court costs, must be adjudged for any one offense. The fine may not b…

1. Violation. A minor may not: A. Purchase, possess or use Salvia divinorum; [PL 2007, c. 120, §1 (NEW).] B. Violate paragraph A after having previously violated this subsection; or [PL 2007, c. 120, §1 (NEW).] C. Violate paragraph A after having previously violated this subsecti…

1. Use of false identification by minors prohibited. A minor may not: A. Offer false identification in an attempt to purchase Salvia divinorum; [PL 2007, c. 120, §1 (NEW).] B. Violate paragraph A after having previously violated this subsection; or [PL 2007, c. 120, §1 (NEW).] C.…

It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator, manager or employee of any mill used in the sawing of lumber to establish, locate or use the same within such proximity to any way of the State as to allow the sawdust therefrom to blow into such highway. Whoever violates this section…

As used in this section, "waste matter" means garbage, refuse, solid or liquid waste, ashes, rubbish, industrial and commercial waste, and all other refuse of every description, whether loose, in containers, compacted, baled, bundled or otherwise. [PL 1969, c. 570 (NEW).] No pers…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Maine Litter Control Act."

It is declared and recognized that the proliferation and accumulation of litter discarded throughout this State endangers the free utilization and enjoyment of a clean and healthful environment by the people and constitutes a public health hazard; and recognizing that there has b…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).] 1. "Disposable package" or "container" means any and all packages or containers used for the purpose of containing a product sold…

1. Prohibited acts. A person may not intentionally throw, drop, deposit, discard, dump or otherwise dispose of litter in any manner or amount: A. In or on public highway, road, street, alley, public right-of-way or other public lands, except in a container or receptacle or on pro…

Unless otherwise indicated, a person who disposes of litter in violation of this chapter commits a civil violation for which the following fines apply. [PL 2011, c. 208, §4 (AMD).] 1. Disposal of 15 pounds or less or 27 cubic feet or less of litter; intentional release of 16 to 2…

In addition to the fines imposed in section 2264‑A, subsections 1 and 1‑A, the court may order a person adjudicated to have violated section 2264‑A, subsection 1 or subsection 1‑A to: [PL 2011, c. 208, §5 (AMD).] 1. Removal of litter. Remove the litter dumped in violation of sect…

All conveyances, including aircraft, watercraft, vehicles, vessels, containers or cranes that are used, or attempted to be used, to dump more than 1,000 pounds or more than 100 cubic feet of litter in violation of section 2264-A are subject to forfeiture as provided in Title 15, …

The following provisions apply when a motor vehicle is submerged or partially submerged in waters of the State or when a snowmobile or watercraft is submerged in the inland waters of the State. [PL 2009, c. 340, §26 (AMD).] 1. Definition. When used in this section the term "motor…

Every law enforcement officer in the State, including but not limited to State Police, county sheriffs and their deputies, municipal police, wardens of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, wardens of the Department of Marine Resources, rangers of the Bureau of Forestr…

1. Procure, place and maintain litter receptacles. A person who owns or operates an establishment or public place in which litter receptacles are required by this chapter shall procure, place and maintain receptacles at the person's own expense in accordance with this chapter. 2.…

Responsibility for the removal of litter from litter receptacles placed at parks, beaches, campgrounds, trailer parks and other publicly owned public places shall remain upon those state and local agencies performing litter removal, and removal of litter from litter receptacles p…

Municipalities of this State may adopt more stringent ordinances, laws or regulations dealing with subject matter of this chapter. Any less restrictive ordinances, laws or regulations now in effect dealing with the subject matter of this chapter and the minimum standards which it…

No person shall deposit household garbage, leaves, clippings, prunings or gardening refuse in any litter receptacle. [PL 1975, c. 739, §15 (NEW).] Persons violating the provisions of this section are liable for the same penalties as provided for violation of section 2264-A.

Within the limits of its budget, the Department of Transportation may erect one sign within each 100 miles of state highway mileage in each county, warning motorists of the penalties for littering or asking for their cooperation in keeping the highways clean. One such sign shall …

All fines levied and collected for violations of this chapter shall be distributed as follows: [PL 1975, c. 739, §15 (NEW).] If the fine resulted from a complaint by a law officer of a state agency which receives a major share of its financial support from dedicated revenue, the …

The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall include a summary of this chapter with each reregistration and new vehicle operator license issued. [PL 1991, c. 837, Pt. A, §45 (AMD).] The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall include a summary of this chapter in the next revision and printing of th…

The organization of any multi-level distributorship arrangement, pyramid club or other group, organized or brought together under any plan or device whereby fees or dues or anything of material value to be paid or given by members thereof are to be paid or given to any other memb…

Any person, firm, corporation, association or organization licensed or registered by the Gambling Control Unit as provided in chapter 62 or authorized to conduct a raffle without registering as provided in section 1837-A, is exempt from the application of this chapter insofar as …

Whoever willfully, mischievously or maliciously breaks the seal upon any freight car, or breaks and enters any railroad car, locomotive or work equipment on any railroad in the State, or destroys, injures, defiles or defaces any railroad car, locomotive or work equipment on any r…

Whoever willfully and maliciously takes or removes or attempts to take or remove the lubricating pads, the waste or packing, the friction bearing or the wedge from a journal box or boxes of a locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, car, caboose or truck used or operated upon…

1. Mooring to buoy or beacon prohibited. A person may not moor or make fast a vessel, boat, scow or raft to a buoy or beacon placed by the United States or this State in any of the navigable waters of this State. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for…

Whoever willfully or maliciously, without consent of the owner, cuts away, lets loose, injures or destroys any boom, raft or logs or other lumber, or any vessel, gondola, scow or other boat fastened to any place, of which he is not the owner or legal possessor, shall be punished …

Whoever advertises his wares or occupation by painting notices of the same on, or affixing them to fences or other private property, or to rocks or other natural objects, without the consent of the owner in writing, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished for each …

Whoever willfully breaks, injures or tampers with or removes part or parts of any tramway as defined in Title 32, section 15202, must be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.

1. Unlawful cutting. Any person who in fact cuts down or fells any tree without the consent of the owner of the property on which the tree stands commits a civil violation for which the forfeitures provided in this section may be adjudged. Proof of a culpable state of mind is not…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Established property line" means a line demarcated by monuments, signs, markings, pins, reference points or other markers that denotes a change in…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Forest products" means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass fuel wood, fuel wood or other products co…

Any person injured in his comfort, property or the enjoyment of his estate by a common and public or a private nuisance may maintain against the offender a civil action for his damages, unless otherwise specially provided.

The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall investigate complaints of improper manure handling, including, but not limited to, complaints of improper storage or spreading of manure. If the commissioner is able to identify the source or sources of the manure a…

When on indictment, complaint or action any person is adjudged guilty of a nuisance, the court, in addition to the fine imposed, if any, or to the judgment for damages and costs for which a separate execution shall issue, may order the nuisance abated or removed at the expense of…

Instead of issuing the warrant required by section 2702, the court may order it to be stayed on motion of the defendant, and on his entering into recognizance in such sum and with such surety as the court directs, in case of an indictment, to the State, or in case of a complaint …

The expense of abating a nuisance by virtue of a warrant shall be collected by the officer as damages and costs are collected on execution; except that the materials of buildings, fences or other things removed as a nuisance may be first levied upon and sold by the officer, and t…

Any court of record before which an indictment, complaint or action for a nuisance is pending may, in any county, issue an injunction to stay or prevent such nuisance, and make such orders and decrees for enforcing or dissolving it as justice and equity require.

Whoever erects, causes or continues a public or common nuisance, as herein described or at common law, where no other punishment is specially provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. The court with or without such fine may order such nuisance to be discontinue…

1. Common nuisances. The following are common nuisances. A. All places used as houses of ill fame or for the illegal sale or keeping of intoxicating liquors or scheduled drugs or resorted to for lewdness or gambling; [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §45 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 …

If any tenant or occupant, under any lawful title, of any building or tenement not owned by the tenant or occupant uses the building or tenement or any part of the building or tenement for any purpose named in section 2741, the tenant or occupant forfeits all rights to the buildi…

Persons engaged in blasting lime rock or other rocks shall before each explosion give seasonable notice thereof, so that all persons or teams approaching shall have time to retire to a safe distance from the place of said explosion. No such explosion shall be made after sunset. W…