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2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 317: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND RESTRICTIONS
25 §2439. Common law remedy preserved

Universal Citation:
25 ME Rev Stat § 2439 (2011 through 125th Legis)
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Part 6: FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE PROTECTION

§2439. Common law remedy preserved

The common law right to an action for damages done by fires is not taken away or diminished and it may be pursued notwithstanding the penalties set forth in chapters 313 to 321.

SECTION HISTORY

1971, c. 622, §83 (AMD). 1979, c. 541, §A166 (AMD). 1979, c. 545, §4 (AMD). 1979, c. 663, §153 (RPR).

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