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USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 17. CRIMES
Chapter : Chapter 59. FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
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Title 17 - §1601. Cheating by false pretenses (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1601. Cheating by false pretenses (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1602. Obtaining long distance telephone service without payment (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1602. Obtaining long distance telephone service without payment (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1603-A. Fraud against State (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1603-A. Fraud against State (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1603. Uttering fraudulent receipts
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1603. Uttering fraudulent receipts
1. Fraudulent receipt for delivery or deposit of goods. A person who fraudulently makes or utters a receipt or other written evidence of the delivery or deposit of any grain, flour,
pork, wool or other goods, wares or merchandise in any warehouse, mill, store or other building, when the quantity specified
therein had not, in fact, been delivered or deposited in such building, commits a Class B crime.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §29 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
2. Fraudulent receipt for delivery and deposit of bonds or securities. A person who fraudulently makes or utters a receipt or other written evidence of the delivery or deposit with that person
of any bonds or other securities or evidences of debt, when the same have not, in fact, been so delivered and deposited, commits
a Class B crime.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §29 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1604. False financial statements (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1604. False financial statements (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1605. Fraudulent checks (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1605. Fraudulent checks (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1606. -- payment in 5 days or prima facie case of fraud (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1606. -- payment in 5 days or prima facie case of fraud (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1607. Credit defined (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1607. Credit defined (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1608-A. Sale of finger alphabet cards as inducement in the sale of merchandise
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1608-A. Sale of finger alphabet cards as inducement in the sale of merchandise
1. Sale of finger alphabet cards. A person may not engage in the business of peddling finger alphabet cards or printed matter stating that the person is deaf
or use finger alphabet cards or such printed matter in any way as a means of inducement in the sale of merchandise.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §30 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
2. Issuance of license prohibited. A person may not issue to another person a state or local license for the purpose of peddling finger alphabet cards or printed
matter stating that the other person is deaf.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §30 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
3. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined
in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §30 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1608. Procuring money by false pretense of physical defects (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1608. Procuring money by false pretense of physical defects (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1609-A. Resetting, tampering or disconnecting odometers on motor vehicles (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1609-A. Resetting, tampering or disconnecting odometers on motor vehicles (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1609. False representations of standard for sale of sterling and coin silver articles (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1609. False representations of standard for sale of sterling and coin silver articles (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1610. Misrepresenting livestock
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1610. Misrepresenting livestock
1. Obtaining or transferring certificate of registration. A person may not make a false or fraudulent representation for the purpose of:
A. Obtaining a certificate of registration of an animal in a herd register or other register of a club, association, society,
company or corporation; or
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §31 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
B. Transferring a certificate of registration.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §31 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §31 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
2. Misrepresentation of registration. A person may not represent that an animal is a registered animal, or has been registered, with the intent that the representation
be relied upon by another unless the animal is registered.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §31 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
3. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $300 may be adjudged.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §31 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
4. Definition. For purposes of this section, "registered animal" means an animal duly recorded in the official herd book or similar register
of any recognized purebred registry association organized for the purpose of registering a particular breed of animals whose
lineage has been established by records.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §31 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1611. Disguising horses in premium shows
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1611. Disguising horses in premium shows
Whoever, for the purpose of competing for purses or premiums, knowingly and designedly enters or drives any horse that shall
have been painted or disguised, or that represents any other or different horse from the one which is purported to be entered,
or shall knowingly and designedly, for the purpose of competing for premiums or purses enter or drive a horse in a class to
which it does not properly belong shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 6
months, and such horse, after such notice to the owner as the court may order and a hearing thereon, may be forfeited in the
discretion of the court and sold; 12 of the net proceeds of such sale shall go to the informant and the other 12 to the
county in which the offense is committed. The pecuniary penalty shall be enforced by indictment and the forfeiture by a libel
filed by the informant and proceedings in the manner provided in Title 33, chapter 21.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1612. Gross fraud at common law (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1612. Gross fraud at common law (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1613. Fraudulent conveyances or assignments (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1613. Fraudulent conveyances or assignments (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1614. Removal or concealment of mortgaged personal property (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1614. Removal or concealment of mortgaged personal property (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1615. Defrauding garage owner; posting copy of law (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1615. Defrauding garage owner; posting copy of law (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1616. Transfer tickets (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1616. Transfer tickets (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1617. Tampering with street railway fare-box or use of mutilated coins (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1617. Tampering with street railway fare-box or use of mutilated coins (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1618. Corporate acts after forfeiture of charter
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1618. Corporate acts after forfeiture of charter
Whoever undertakes to do business or does business of any kind in behalf of any corporation, the charter of which has been
forfeited or suspended, or holds out such corporation as doing business, or sells, transfers or puts upon the market any stocks
or other evidence of indebtedness whatsoever of any such corporation, while the charter of said corporation remains forfeited
or suspended, shall be punished by a fine of $300.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1619. Circulating advertisements in similitude of bank bills (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1619. Circulating advertisements in similitude of bank bills (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1620. Fraudulent advertising; exemptions (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1620. Fraudulent advertising; exemptions (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1621. Use of false or unauthorized credit devices (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1621. Use of false or unauthorized credit devices (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1622. Notice of credit revocation (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1622. Notice of credit revocation (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1623. Obtaining transportation on ski lift (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1623. Obtaining transportation on ski lift (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1624. Definitions (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1624. Definitions (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1625. False statement as to financial condition or identity (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1625. False statement as to financial condition or identity (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1626. Theft of credit card; forgery (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1626. Theft of credit card; forgery (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1627. Fraudulent use of illegally obtained credit card, forged credit card or expired credit card (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1627. Fraudulent use of illegally obtained credit card, forged credit card or expired credit card (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1628. Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1628. Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1629. Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit cards (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1629. Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit cards (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1630. Receipt of money, goods, services or anything else of value (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1630. Receipt of money, goods, services or anything else of value (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1631. Defenses not available (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1631. Defenses not available (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1632. Presumptions (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1632. Presumptions (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1633. Penalties (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1633. Penalties (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1634. Construction (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1634. Construction (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1635. Civil liability (REPEALED)
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1635. Civil liability (REPEALED)
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1636. Posing as Indian in vending
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1636. Posing as Indian in vending
A person who is not a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the Penobscot Nation and who represents oneself to be such a member
while engaged in the vending of goods and wares is assessed a fine of not more than $250.
[1993, c. 738, Pt. C, §1 (new).]
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1661. Issue of bill for goods not received
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1661. Issue of bill for goods not received
Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill knowing that all
or any part of the goods for which such bill is issued have not been received by such carrier, or by an agent of such carrier
or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing such bill, shall be guilty of a
crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not
more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1662. Issue of bill containing false statement
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1662. Issue of bill containing false statement
Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill for goods, knowing
that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by
a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1663. Issue of duplicate bills not so marked
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1663. Issue of duplicate bills not so marked
Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional
negotiable bill for goods in violation of Title 11, section 7-402, knowing that a former negotiable bill for the same goods
or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each
offense by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1664. Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1664. Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods
Any person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods
a negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title
or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense
by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1665. Negotiation of bill when not in carrier's possession
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1665. Negotiation of bill when not in carrier's possession
Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill knowing that any or all of the goods which
by the terms of such bill appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill are not in
the possession or control of such carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be guilty of a
crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not
more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1666. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods not received
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1666. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods not received
Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue by a carrier of a bill, knowing that at the time of such issue any
or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have not been received by such carrier, or an agent
of such carrier or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent or servant
of such carrier falsely to believe that such goods have been received by such carrier, or are under its control, shall be
guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment
for not more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1667. Issue of nonnegotiable bill not so marked
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: Bills of Lading
§1667. Issue of nonnegotiable bill not so marked
Any person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a nonnegotiable bill without the words "not negotiable"
placed plainly upon the face thereof shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by
a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1701. Issue of receipt for goods not received
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 2: Warehouse Receipts
§1701. Issue of receipt for goods not received
A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that
the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual
control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense
by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1702. Issue of receipt containing false statement
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 2: Warehouse Receipts
§1702. Issue of receipt containing false statement
A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing
a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be
punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1703. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 2: Warehouse Receipts
§1703. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked
A warehouseman, or any officer's agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional
negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding
and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate", except in the case of a lost or destroyed
receipt after proceedings as provided for in Title 11, section 7-402, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall
be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1704. Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipts which do not so state
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 2: Warehouse Receipts
§1704. Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipts which do not so state
Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in common
with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in
issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such ownership, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction
shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by
both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1705. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 2: Warehouse Receipts
§1705. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt
A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman,
knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding
and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession of such receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except in
the cases provided for in Title 11, sections 7-402 and 7-403, be found guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished
for each offense by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1706. Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 2: Warehouse Receipts
§1706. Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods
Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such
goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want
of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each
offense by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1751. Fraudulent destruction of vessels
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 3: MARITIME FRAUDS
§1751. Fraudulent destruction of vessels
Whoever in any county willfully casts away, burns, sinks or otherwise destroys a vessel, with intent to injure or defraud
any owner thereof, the owner of any property on board, or any insurer of either, commits a Class A crime. If that person lades,
equips or fits out any vessel, or aids in so doing, intending that the vessel must be destroyed in the manner and with the
intent aforesaid, that person must be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 20 years.
[1991, c. 797, §3 (amd).]
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1752. False invoices, bills of lading or estimates of property shipped
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 3: MARITIME FRAUDS
§1752. False invoices, bills of lading or estimates of property shipped
If an owner of a vessel or of property laden or pretended to be laden on board thereof, or other person concerned in its lading
or fitting out, makes out or exhibits, or causes to be made out or exhibited, any false or fraudulent invoice, bill of lading,
bill of parcels or other false estimates of such property, with intent to injure or defraud any insurer of such vessel or
property, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1753. False affidavits or protests
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 3: MARITIME FRAUDS
§1753. False affidavits or protests
If any master, other officer or mariner of any vessel makes, causes to be made or swears to any false affidavit or protest;
or if any owner or other person concerned in such vessel, or in the property on board thereof, procures such false affidavit
or protest to be made, or exhibits the same with intent to injure, deceive or defraud any insurer of such vessel or property,
he shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17 - §1754. Aiding sailors to desert
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 3: MARITIME FRAUDS
§1754. Aiding sailors to desert
Whoever entices or persuades or attempts to entice or persuade, or aids, assists or attempts to aid or assist, a member of
the crew of any vessel arriving in or about to sail from a port in this State to leave or desert such vessel before the expiration
of the crew member's term of service therein commits a Class E crime. District Courts have original jurisdiction in all cases
arising under this section.
[1991, c. 797, §3 (amd).]
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