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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
17-A §513. Maintaining an unprotected well

Universal Citation:
17-A ME Rev Stat § 513 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

§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

1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).

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