USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 17-A. MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter : Chapter 21. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Title 17-A - §501. Disorderly conduct
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
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Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
§501. Disorderly conduct
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if:
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
1. In a public place, he intentionally or recklessly causes annoyance to others by intentionally:
A. Making loud and unreasonable noises;
[1981, c. 37, § 1 (amd).]
B. Activating a device, or exposing a substance, which releases noxious and offensive odors; or
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
C. Engaging in fighting, without being licensed or privileged to do so;
[1989, c. 266 (amd).]
[1989, c. 266 (amd).]
2. In a public or private place, he knowingly accosts, insults, taunts or challenges any person with offensive, derisive or
annoying words, or by gestures or other physical conduct, which would in fact have a direct tendency to cause a violent response
by an ordinary person in the situation of the person so accosted, insulted, taunted or challenged; or
[1975, c. 740, § 64 (amd).]
3. In a private place, the person makes loud and unreasonable noise that can be heard by another person, who may be a law enforcement
officer, as unreasonable noise in a public place or in another private place, after having been ordered by a law enforcement
officer to cease the noise.
[1995, c. 258, §1 (amd).]
4.
[1977, c. 510, § 55 (rp).]
5. As used in this section:
A. "Public place" means a place to which the public at large or a substantial group has access, including but not limited to
(1) public ways as defined in section 505;
(2) schools, government-owned custodial facilities, and
(3) the lobbies, hallways, lavatories, toilets and basement portions of apartment houses, hotels, public buildings and transportation
terminals;
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
B. "Private place" means any place that is not a public place.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
6. Disorderly conduct is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1975,
Ch. 740,
§64,65
(AMD).
PL 1977,
Ch. 510,
§55
(AMD).
PL 1981,
Ch. 37,
§1,2
(AMD).
PL 1989,
Ch. 266,
§
(AMD).
PL 1995,
Ch. 258,
§1
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §502. Failure to disperse
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§502. Failure to disperse
1. When 6 or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience,
annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse.
[1975, c. 499, §1 (new).]
2. A person is guilty of failure to disperse if the person knowingly fails to comply with an order made pursuant to subsection
1 and:
A. The person is a participant in the course of disorderly conduct. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or
[2001, c. 383, §64 (new); §156 (aff).]
B. The person is in the immediate vicinity of the disorderly conduct. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime.
[2001, c. 383, §64 (new); §156 (aff).]
[2001, c. 383, §64 (rpr); §156 (aff).]
3.
[2001, c. 383, §65 (rp); §156 (aff).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 2001,
Ch. 383,
§156
(AFF).
PL 2001,
Ch. 383,
§64,64
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §503. Riot
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§503. Riot
1. A person is guilty of riot if, together with 5 or more other persons, he engages in disorderly conduct;
A. With intent imminently to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime involving physical injury or property damage against
persons who are not participants; or
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
B. When he or any other participant to his knowledge uses or intends to use a firearm or other dangerous weapon in the course
of the disorderly conduct.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. Riot is a Class D crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §504. Unlawful assembly
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§504. Unlawful assembly
A person is guilty of unlawful assembly if:
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
1. He assembles with 5 or more other persons with intent to engage in conduct constituting a riot; or being present at an assembly
that either has or develops a purpose to engage in conduct constituting a riot, he remains there with intent to advance that
purpose; and
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. He knowingly fails to comply with an order to disperse given by a law enforcement officer to the assembly.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
3. Unlawful assembly is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §505. Obstructing public ways
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§505. Obstructing public ways
1. A person is guilty of obstructing public ways if he unreasonably obstructs the free passage of foot or vehicular traffic
on any public way, and refuses to cease or remove the obstruction upon a lawful order to do so given him by a law enforcement
officer.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. As used in this section, "public way" means any public highway or sidewalk, private way laid out under authority of statute,
way dedicated to public use, way upon which the public has a right of access or has access as invitees or licensees, or way
under the control of park commissioners or a body having like powers.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
3. Obstructing public ways is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §506-A. Harassment
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§506-A. Harassment
1. A person is guilty of harassment if, without reasonable cause:
A. The person engages in any course of conduct with the intent to harass, torment or threaten another person after having been
forbidden to do so by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or justice of the peace or by a court in a protective
order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655 or Title 19-A, section 4006 or 4007 or, if the person is an adult in the
custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections, after having been forbidden to engage in such conduct by
the Commissioner of Corrections, the chief administrative officer of the facility, the correctional administrator for the
region or their designees. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime; or
[2001, c. 383, §66 (new); §156 (aff).]
B. The person violates paragraph A and, at the time of the harassment, the person has 2 or more prior Maine convictions for
violations of this section in which the victim was the same person or a member of that victim's immediate family. Section
9-A governs the use of prior convictions when determining a sentence. Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime.
[2001, c. 383, §66 (new); §156 (aff).]
[2001, c. 383, §66 (rpr); §156 (aff).]
2.
[2001, c. 383, §67 (rp); §156 (aff).]
3. For the purposes of this section, "immediate family" means spouse, parent, child, sibling, stepchild and stepparent.
[1991, c. 566, §3 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 740,
§67
(NEW).
PL 1981,
Ch. 456,
§A59
(AMD).
PL 1987,
Ch. 736,
§36
(AMD).
PL 1991,
Ch. 566,
§2,3
(AMD).
PL 1993,
Ch. 475,
§4,5
(AMD).
PL 1995,
Ch. 694,
§D24
(AMD).
PL 1995,
Ch. 694,
§E2
(AFF).
PL 1997,
Ch. 267,
§1,2
(AMD).
PL 1997,
Ch. 267,
§3
(AFF).
PL 2001,
Ch. 383,
§156
(AFF).
PL 2001,
Ch. 383,
§66,67
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §506-B. Violation of protective order
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§506-B. Violation of protective order
1. Violation of a protection from harassment order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655, subsection 1, paragraphs A to
C-1, is a Class D crime as provided in Title 5, section 4659, subsection 1.
[1993, c. 475, §6 (new).]
2. Violation of a protective order in crimes between family members issued under Title 15, section 321 is a Class D crime as
provided in Title 15, section 321, subsection 6.
[1993, c. 475, §6 (new).]
3. Violation of a protection from abuse order issued under Title 19-A, section 4006 or 4007, subsection 1, paragraphs A to
G, is a Class D crime as provided in Title 19-A, section 4011, subsection 1 or a Class C crime as provided in Title 19-A,
section 4011, subsection 4.
[2005, c. 207, §1 (amd).]
Section History:
PL 1993,
Ch. 475,
§6
(NEW).
PL 1995,
Ch. 694,
§D25
(AMD).
PL 1995,
Ch. 694,
§E2
(AFF).
PL 2005,
Ch. 207,
§1
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §506. Harassment by telephone
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§506. Harassment by telephone
1. A person is guilty of harassment by telephone if:
A. By means of telephone he makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is, in fact, offensively coarse or obscene,
without the consent of the person called;
[1975, c. 740, § 66 (rpr).]
B. He makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy,
abuse, threaten or harass any person at the called number;
[1975, c. 740, § 66 (rpr).]
C. He makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person at the
called number;
[1975, c. 740, § 66 (rpr).]
D. He makes repeated telephone calls, during which conversation ensues, with the intent to harass any person at the called
number; or
[1981, c. 317, § 20 (amd).]
E. He knowingly permits any telephone under his control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section.
[1975, c. 740, § 66 (rpr).]
[1981, c. 317, § 20 (amd).]
2. The crime defined in this section may be prosecuted and punished in the county in which the defendant was located when he
used the telephone, or in the county in which the telephone called or made to ring by the defendant was located.
[1975, c. 740, § 66 (rpr).]
3. Harassment by telephone is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 740, § 66 (rpr).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1975,
Ch. 740,
§66
(RPR).
PL 1981,
Ch. 317,
§20
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §507-A. Interference with cemetery or burial ground
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§507-A. Interference with cemetery or burial ground
1. No person may intentionally or knowingly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker
or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, or any
fence, railing, curb or other enclosure for the burial of the dead.
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to any person:
A. Who performs an act as authorized under Title 13, section 1371; or
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
B. Who meets the requirements governing eminent domain as established by state or federal law.
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
3. Any person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class D crime.
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 326,
§2
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones
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§507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones
1. No person may possess, sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale, transfer or dispose of any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker
or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, knowing
or having reasonable cause to know that it has been illegally removed from a cemetery or burial ground.
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
2. Any person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class C crime.
[1987 c. 326, § 2 (new).]
3. Any person who violates subsection 1 is liable to the following for triple damages to be recovered in a civil action:
A. The municipality or, in the case of unorganized territory, the county in which the cemetery or burial ground is located;
[1987, c. 326, §2 (new).]
B. A cemetery association authorized to bring suit and recover damages by the municipality or, in the case of unorganized territory,
the county in which the cemetery or burial ground is located; or
[1987, c. 326, §2 (new).]
C. A historical society authorized to bring suit and recover damages by the municipality or, in the case of unorganized territory,
the county in which the cemetery or burial ground is located.
[1987, c. 326, §2 (new).]
[1987, c. 326, § 2 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1987,
Ch. 326,
§2
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §507. Desecration and defacement
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§507. Desecration and defacement
1. A person is guilty of desecration and defacement if he intentionally desecrates any public monument or structure, any place
of worship or burial, or any private structure not owned by him.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. As used in this section, "desecrate" means marring, defacing, damaging or otherwise physically mistreating, in a way that
will outrage the sensibilities of an ordinary person likely to observe or discover the actions.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
3. Desecration is a Class D crime.
[1983, c. 710 (amd).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1983,
Ch. 710,
§
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §508. Abuse of corpse
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§508. Abuse of corpse
1. A person is guilty of abuse of corpse if he intentionally and unlawfully disinters, digs up, removes, conceals, mutilates
or destroys a human corpse, or any part or the ashes thereof.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor was a physician, scientist or student who had in his possession,
or used human bodies or parts thereof lawfully obtained, for anatomical, physiological or other scientific investigation or
instruction.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
3. Abuse of corpse is a Class D crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §509. False public alarm or report
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§509. False public alarm or report
1. A person is guilty of false public alarm or report if:
A. He knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer with the intent of inducing such
officer to believe that a crime has been committed or that another has committed a crime, knowing the information to be false;
or
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
B. He knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer, member of a fire fighting agency,
including a volunteer fire department, or any other person knowing that such other is likely to communicate the information
to a law enforcement officer or member of a fire fighting agency, concerning a fire, explosive or other similar substance
which is capable of endangering the safety of persons, knowing that such information is false, or knowing that he has no information
relating to the fire, explosive or other similar substance.
[1975, c. 740, § 68 (amd).]
C. He knowingly gives or causes to be given false information concerning an emergency to any ambulance service, or to any government
agency or public utility that deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property, with the intent of inducing such
service, agency or utility to respond to the reported emergency, knowing such information to be false.
[1977, c. 510, § 56 (new).]
[1977, c. 510, § 56 (amd).]
2. False public alarm is a Class D crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1975,
Ch. 740,
§68
(AMD).
PL 1977,
Ch. 510,
§56
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §510. Cruelty to animals (REPEALED)
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§510. Cruelty to animals (REPEALED)
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1975,
Ch. 638,
§3
(AMD).
PL 1975,
Ch. 740,
§69
(AMD).
PL 1977,
Ch. 35,
§
(AMD).
PL 1977,
Ch. 169,
§
(AMD).
PL 1979,
Ch. 120,
§
(AMD).
PL 1987,
Ch. 383,
§7
(RP ).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §511. Violation of privacy
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§511. Violation of privacy
1. A person is guilty of violation of privacy if, except in the execution of a public duty or as authorized by law, that person
intentionally:
A. Commits a civil trespass on property with the intent to overhear or observe any person in a private place;
[1997, c. 467, §1 (amd).]
B. Installs or uses in a private place without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy in that place, any
device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting sounds or events in that place;
[1997, c. 467, §1 (amd).]
C. Installs or uses outside a private place without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy therein, any device
for hearing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting sounds originating in that place that would not ordinarily be audible or
comprehensible outside that place; or
[1997, c. 467, §1 (amd).]
D. Engages in visual surveillance in a public place by means of mechanical or electronic equipment with the intent to observe
or photograph, or record, amplify or broadcast an image of any portion of the body of another person present in that place
when that portion of the body is in fact concealed from public view under clothing and a reasonable person would expect it
to be safe from surveillance.
[1997, c. 467, §1 (new).]
[1997, c. 467, §1 (amd).]
1-A. It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection 1, paragraph D that the person subject to surveillance had in fact attained
14 years of age and had consented to the visual surveillance.
[1997, c. 467, §2 (new).]
2. As used in this section, "private place" means a place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from surveillance, including,
but not limited to, changing or dressing rooms, bathrooms and similar places, but excluding a place to which the public or
a substantial group has access.
[1999, c. 116, §1 (amd).]
3. Violation of privacy is a Class D crime.
[1975, c. 499, §1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1997,
Ch. 467,
§1,2
(AMD).
PL 1999,
Ch. 116,
§1
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
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§512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
1. A person is guilty of failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound if, being a licensed physician, he treats a human being
for a wound apparently caused by the discharge of a firearm and knowingly fails to report the same to a law enforcement officer
within 24 hours.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §513. Maintaining an unprotected well
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§513. Maintaining an unprotected well
1. A person is guilty of maintaining an unprotected well if, being the owner or occupier of land on which there is a well,
he knowingly fails to enclose the well with a substantial fence or other substantial enclosing barrier or to protect it by
a substantial covering which is securely fastened.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. Maintaining an unprotected well is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §514. Abandoning an airtight container
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§514. Abandoning an airtight container
1. A person is guilty of abandoning an airtight container if:
A. He abandons or discards in any public place, or in a private place that is accessible to minors, any chest, closet, piece
of furniture, refrigerator, icebox or other article having a compartment capacity of 1 12 cubic feet or more and having a
door or lid which when closed cannot be opened easily from the inside; or
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
B. Being the owner, lessee, manager or other person in control of a public place or of a place that is accessible to minors
on which there has been abandoned or discarded a container described in subsection 1, paragraph A, he knowingly or recklessly
fails to remove such container from that place, or to remove the door, lid or other cover of the container.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
2. Abandoning an airtight container is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §515. Unlawful prize fighting
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§515. Unlawful prize fighting
1. A person is guilty of unlawful prize fighting if:
A. He knowingly engages in, encourages or does any act to further a premeditated fight without weapons between 2 or more persons,
or a fight commonly called a ring fight or prize fight; or
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
B. He knowingly sends or publishes a challenge or acceptance of a challenge for such, or carries or delivers such a challenge
or acceptance, or trains or assists any person in training or preparing for such fight, or acts as umpire or judge for such
fight.
[1975, c. 740, § 70 (amd).]
[1975, c. 740, § 70 (amd).]
2. This section shall not apply to any boxing contest or exhibition:
A. Conducted by license and permit of the Maine State Boxing Commission; or
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
B. Under the auspices of a nonprofit organization at which no admission charge is made.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
3. Unlawful prize fighting is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
PL 1975,
Ch. 740,
§70
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 17-A - §516. Champerty
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
§516. Champerty
1. A person is guilty of champerty if, with the intent to collect by a civil action a claim, account, note or other demand
due, or to become due to another person, he gives or promises anything of value to such person.
[1975, c. 449, § 1 (new).]
2. This section does not apply to agreements between attorney and client to bring, prosecute or defend a civil action on a
contingent fee basis.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
3. Champerty is a Class E crime.
[1975, c. 499, § 1 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1975,
Ch. 499,
§1
(NEW).
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