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2019 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 7: FLOATING TIMBER
38 §971. Conversion
Universal Citation: 38 ME Rev Stat § 971 (2019)
§971. Conversion
Whoever takes, carries away or otherwise converts to his own use, without the consent of the owner, any log suitable to be sawed or cut into the boards, clapboards, shingles, joists or other lumber, or any mast or spar the property of another, whether the owner is known or unknown, lying in any river, pond, bay, stream or inlet, or on or near the bank or shore thereof, or cuts out, alters or destroys any mark made thereon, without the consent of the owner and with intent to claim the same, forfeits for every such log, mast or spar, $20, to be recovered on complaint; 1/2 for the State and 1/2 for the complainant.
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