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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 317: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND RESTRICTIONS
25 §2439. Common law remedy preserved
25 ME Rev Stat § 2439 (2012 through 125th Legis) What's This?
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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