Title 17-A, Title 17-A

1. A person is guilty of murder if the person: A. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another human being; [PL 2001, c. 383, §8 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).] B. Engages in conduct that manifests a depraved indifference to the value of human life and that in fact…

1. A person is guilty of felony murder if acting alone or with one or more other persons in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or immediate flight after committing or attempting to commit, murder, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, gross sexual assault, or escape, the…

1. A person is guilty of manslaughter if that person: A. Recklessly, or with criminal negligence, causes the death of another human being. Violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime; [PL 2001, c. 383, §9 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).] B. Intentionally or knowingly cause…

1. A person is guilty of aiding or soliciting suicide if he intentionally aids or solicits another to commit suicide, and the other commits or attempts suicide. 2. Aiding or soliciting suicide is a Class D crime. 3. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection 1 t…

1. A person is guilty of assault if: A. The person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury or offensive physical contact to another person. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or [PL 2001, c. 383, §10 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).] B. The per…

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence assault if: A. The person violates section 207 and the victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 4. Violation of thi…

1. A person is guilty of aggravated assault if that person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes: A. Bodily injury to another that creates a substantial risk of death or extended convalescence necessary for recovery of physical health. Violation of this paragraph is a Cla…

1. A person is guilty of assault while hunting if, while in the pursuit of wild game or game birds, he, with criminal negligence, causes bodily injury to another with the use of a dangerous weapon. 2. Assault while hunting is a Class D crime.

1. A person is guilty of elevated aggravated assault if that person: A. Intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another person with the use of a dangerous weapon; [PL 2001, c. 634, §3 (AMD).] B. Engages in conduct that manifests a depraved indifference to the v…

1. A person is guilty of elevated aggravated assault on a pregnant person if that person intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to a person the person knows or has reason to know is pregnant. For the purposes of this subsection, "serious bodily injury" includes b…

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence aggravated assault if that person: A. Violates section 208, subsection 1, paragraph A and the victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in Title 19‑A, secti…

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence elevated aggravated assault if: A. The person violates section 208‑B; and [PL 2019, c. 412, §2 (NEW).] B. The victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in T…

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence elevated aggravated assault on a pregnant person if: A. The person violates section 208‑C; and [PL 2019, c. 412, §2 (NEW).] B. The victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating pa…

1. A person is guilty of criminal threatening if he intentionally or knowingly places another person in fear of imminent bodily injury. 2. Criminal threatening is a Class D crime.

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence criminal threatening if: A. The person violates section 209 and the victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 4. Vio…

1. A person is guilty of terrorizing if that person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly communicates to any person a threat to commit or to cause to be committed a crime of violence dangerous to human life, against the person to whom the communication is made or another, consc…

1. A person is guilty of stalking if: A. The actor intentionally or knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at or concerning a specific person that would cause a reasonable person: (1) To suffer serious inconvenience or emotional distress; (2) To fear bodily injury or t…

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence terrorizing if: A. The person violates section 210 and the victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 4. Violation of…

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence stalking if: A. The person violates section 210‑A and the victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in Title 19-A, section 4102, subsection 4. Violation of …

1. A person is guilty of reckless conduct if he recklessly creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to another person. 2. Reckless conduct is a Class D crime.

1. A person is guilty of domestic violence reckless conduct if: A. The person violates section 211 and the victim is a family or household member as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 6 or a dating partner as defined in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 4. Violati…

1. A person is guilty of aggravated reckless conduct if the person with terroristic intent engages in conduct that in fact creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to another person. 2. Aggravated reckless conduct is a Class B crime.

1. In this chapter the following definitions apply. A. "Spouse" means a person legally married to the actor, but does not include a legally married person living apart from the actor under a defacto separation. [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] B. [PL 1989, c. 401, Pt. A, §2 (RP).] C.…

1. A person is guilty of gross sexual assault if that person engages in a sexual act with another person and: A. The other person submits as a result of compulsion, as defined in section 251, subsection 1, paragraph E. Violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime; [PL 2003, c. …

1. Any term of years; nonmandatory sentence alternative. If the State pleads and proves that the defendant is a repeat sexual assault offender, the court may impose a definite term of imprisonment for any term of years. The court also may impose as part of the sentence either a p…

1. A person is guilty of sexual abuse of a minor if: A. The person engages in a sexual act with another person, not the actor's spouse, who is either 14 or 15 years of age and the actor is at least 5 years older than the other person. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crim…

A prosecutor who elects not to commence a criminal proceeding for an alleged violation of section 254 shall, at the request of a parent, surrogate parent or guardian of the alleged victim, inform that person in writing of the reason for not commencing the proceeding.

1. A person is guilty of unlawful sexual contact if the actor intentionally subjects another person to any sexual contact and: A. The other person has not consented to the sexual contact and the actor is criminally negligent with regard to whether the other person has consented. …

1. A person is guilty of visual sexual aggression against a child if: A. For the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire or for the purpose of causing affront or alarm, the actor, having in fact attained 18 years of age, exposes the actor's genitals to another person or c…

1. A person is guilty of sexual misconduct with a child under 14 years of age if that person, having in fact attained 18 years of age, knowingly displays any sexually explicit materials to another person, not the actor's spouse, who has not in fact attained the age of 14 years, w…

1. A person is guilty of soliciting a child to commit a prohibited act if: A. The actor, with the intent to engage in a prohibited act with the other person, knowingly solicits directly or indirectly that person by any means to engage in a prohibited act and the actor: (1) Is at …

1. A person is guilty of soliciting a child for commercial sexual exploitation if the actor knowingly solicits directly or indirectly by any means a person the actor knows or believes is under 18 years of age to engage in an act of prostitution, as defined in section 851. 2. Viol…

1. Unlawful sexual touching. A person is guilty of unlawful sexual touching if the actor intentionally subjects another person to any sexual touching and: A. The other person has not consented to the sexual touching and the actor is criminally negligent with regard to whether the…

1. A person is guilty of prohibited contact with a minor if that person: A. Was convicted on or after June 30, 1992 of an offense under this chapter or chapter 12 against another person who had not in fact attained 14 years of age or was convicted on or after June 30, 1992 in ano…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. B, §12 (NEW).] 1. "Disseminate" means to manufacture, publish, send, promulgate, distribute, exhibit, issue, furnish, sell or transfer or to off…

1. A person is guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor if: A. Knowing or intending that the conduct will be photographed, the person intentionally or knowingly employs, solicits, entices, persuades or uses another person, not that person's spouse, who has not in fact attained 16…

1. A person is guilty of dissemination of sexually explicit material if: A. The person intentionally or knowingly disseminates or possesses with intent to disseminate any book, magazine, newspaper, print, negative, slide, motion picture, videotape, computer data file or other mec…

1. A person is guilty of possession of sexually explicit material if that person: A. Intentionally or knowingly transports, exhibits, purchases, possesses or accesses with intent to view any book, magazine, newspaper, print, negative, slide, motion picture, computer data file, vi…

1. Upon a finding of guilt of any violation of this chapter, but prior to sentencing, an attorney for the State may, in writing, move the court for an order requiring the forfeiture to the State of any equipment, including computers, that may have facilitated the commission of th…

1. A person is guilty of kidnapping if either: A. The actor knowingly restrains another person with the intent to: (1) Hold the other person for ransom or reward; (2) Use the other person as a shield or hostage; (3) Inflict bodily injury upon the other person; (3-A) Subject the o…

1. A person is guilty of criminal restraint if: A. Knowing the actor has no legal right to do so, the actor intentionally or knowingly takes, retains or entices another person who: (1) Is less than 14 years of age. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class D crime; (2) Is incompe…

1. A person is guilty of criminal restraint by a parent if, being the parent of a child and knowing the person has no legal right to do so, the person takes, retains or entices the child: A. Who has not in fact attained 16 years of age, from the custody of the child's other paren…

1. A person is guilty of criminal forced labor if the actor, without the legal right to do so, intentionally or knowingly: A. Withholds or threatens to withhold a scheduled drug or alcohol from a person who is in a state of psychic or physical dependence, or both, arising from th…

1. A person is guilty of aggravated criminal forced labor if the actor violates section 304 and the person compelled to provide labor or services having economic value has not in fact attained 18 years of age. 2. Aggravated criminal forced labor is a Class B crime. 3. It is an af…

Conduct denominated theft in this chapter constitutes a single crime embracing the separate crimes such as those heretofore known as larceny, larceny by trick, larceny by bailee, embezzlement, false pretenses, extortion, blackmail, shoplifting and receiving stolen property. An ac…

As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] 1. "Property" means anything of value, including but not limited to: A. Real estate and things growing thereon, affixed to or found thereon; [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (…