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Maine Criminal Charges
242 offenses defined by Maine statute, each with its classification and penalty table.
- Abandoning an airtight containerClass E Crime
- Abandonment of child
- Abuse of corpseClass D Crime
- Acquiring drugs by deception
- Aggravated assault
- Aggravated attempted murderClass A Crime
- Aggravated criminal forced laborClass B Crime
- Aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacyClass C Crime
- Aggravated criminal mischiefClass C Crime
- Aggravated criminal trespassClass C Crime
- Aggravated forgeryClass B Crime
- Aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation
- Aggravated reckless conductClass B Crime
- Aggravated sex trafficking
- Aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated trafficking or furnishing of counterfeit drugsClass B Crime
- Aggravated unlawful gamblingClass B Crime
- Aggravated unlawful operation of a methamphetamine laboratoryClass A Crime
- Aiding escape
- Aiding or soliciting suicideClass D Crime
- Aiding sailors to desertClass E Crime
- Animal fighting
- Animals abandoned at animal care facilitiesClass D Crime
- ArsonClass A Crime
- Assault
- Assault in an emergency roomClass C Crime
- Assault on a firefighterClass C Crime
- Assault on an emergency medical services personClass C Crime
- Assault on an officerClass C Crime
- Assault while huntingClass D Crime
- Background checks of firearms buyersClass C Crime
- Bail commissionersClass C Crime
- BigamyClass E Crime
- Bribery in official and political mattersClass C Crime
- Burglary
- Burglary of motor vehicle
- Causing a catastropheClass A Crime
- Causing serious bodily injury or death while license is suspended or revoked
- ChampertyClass E Crime
- Commercial sexual exploitation of minor or person with mental disabilityClass C Crime
- Common nuisances; jurisdiction to abateClass E Crime
- Confidentiality of juvenile case recordsClass A Crime
- Creating police standoffClass E Crime
- Crimes and civil violations outside the code
- Criminal attempt
- Criminal conspiracy
- Criminal forced laborClass C Crime
- Criminal invasion of computer privacyClass D Crime
- Criminal mischiefClass D Crime
- Criminal OUI
- Criminal restraint by parent
- Criminal simulation
- Criminal solicitation
- Criminal threateningClass D Crime
- Criminal trespass
- Criminal use of disabling chemicalsClass D Crime
- Criminal use of electronic weaponClass D Crime
- Criminal use of explosivesClass C Crime
- Criminal use of laser pointers
- Criminal use of noxious substanceClass E Crime
- Cruel confinement of calves raised for veal and sows during gestationClass D Crime
- Cruelty to animals
- Cruelty to birds
- Cultivating marijuana
- Deceptive business practicesClass D Crime
- Deceptive insurance practicesClass D Crime
- DefaultClass E Crime
- Defrauding a creditorClass D Crime
- Desecration and defacementClass D Crime
- Disobedience of officerClass E Crime
- Disorderly conductClass E Crime
- Dissemination of obscene matter to minorsClass C Crime
- Dissemination of sexually explicit material
- Domestic violence aggravated assault
- Domestic violence assault
- Domestic violence criminal threatening
- Domestic violence elevated aggravated assaultClass A Crime
- Domestic violence elevated aggravated assault on pregnant personClass A Crime
- Domestic violence reckless conduct
- Domestic violence stalking
- Domestic violence terrorizing
- Driving to endanger
- Elevated aggravated assaultClass A Crime
- Elevated aggravated assault on pregnant personClass A Crime
- Endangering the welfare of a child
- Endangering welfare of dependent person
- Enforcement of civil violationsClass E Crime
- Engaging person for prostitution
- Escape
- Exhibiting obscene motion pictures to minors at outdoor motion picture theatersClass D Crime
- Failure to appear; penalty
- Failure to control or report a dangerous fireClass D Crime
- Failure to disperse
- Failure to pay for trees harvestedClass E Crime
- Failure to report
- Failure to report sexual assault of person in custodyClass E Crime
- Failure to report treatment of a gunshot woundClass E Crime
- False swearingClass D Crime
- Falsely filing a recordable instrumentClass D Crime
- Falsifying health care records
- Falsifying physical evidenceClass D Crime
- Falsifying private recordsClass E Crime
- Felony murderClass A Crime
- Fines, costs and forfeitures in Superior CourtClass E Crime
- Forgery
- Fraudulent destruction of vesselsClass A Crime
- Gross sexual assault
- Harassment
- Harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device
- Ignition interlock deviceClass E Crime
- Illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- Illegal payment with respect to an adoptionClass D Crime
- Illegal possession or sale of gravestonesClass C Crime
- Impersonating a public servantClass E Crime
- Improper compensation for past actionClass D Crime
- Improper compensation for servicesClass E Crime
- Improper contact after bail has been revoked and deniedClass D Crime
- Improper contact with a family or household member prior to the setting of preconviction bailClass D Crime
- Improper contact with alleged murder victim's family or household memberClass C Crime
- Improper gifts to public servantsClass E Crime
- Improper influenceClass D Crime
- Incest
- Indecent conduct
- Insurance deception
- Interference with cemetery or burial groundClass D Crime
- Issuance of summons for criminal offenseClass E Crime
- Kidnapping
- Maintaining an unprotected wellClass E Crime
- Manslaughter
- Misuse of entrusted property
- Misuse of identificationClass D Crime
- Misuse of informationClass E Crime
- Misuse of public benefits instrumentClass D Crime
- Misuse of scanning device or reencoderClass D Crime
- Mooring watercraft to buoys or beacons; destruction of sameClass E Crime
- Necessary medical attentionClass D Crime
- Necessary sustenanceClass D Crime
- Negotiating a worthless instrument
- Nonsupport of dependentsClass E Crime
- Notice of suspension by courtClass E Crime
- Obstructing criminal prosecution
- Obstructing government administrationClass D Crime
- Obstructing public waysClass E Crime
- Obstructing report of crime or injuryClass D Crime
- Offenses
- Official oppressionClass E Crime
- Operating a motor vehicle on land of anotherClass E Crime
- Operating after habitual offender revocation
- Operating while license suspended or revokedClass E Crime
- Organized retail theftClass C Crime
- PenaltyClass D Crime
- Penalty for violationClass E Crime
- Penalty for violationClass E Crime
- PerjuryClass C Crime
- Possession of armor-piercing ammunitionClass C Crime
- Possession of firearms in an establishment licensed for on-premises consumption of liquorClass D Crime
- Possession of firearms prohibited for certain persons
- Possession of forgery devicesClass E Crime
- Possession of gambling devicesClass D Crime
- Possession of gambling recordsClass D Crime
- Possession of machine gunClass D Crime
- Possession of sexually explicit material
- Possession or transfer of automated sales suppression device
- Possession or transfer of burglar's tools
- Possession or transfer of theft devices
- Private briberyClass D Crime
- Prohibited sale or transfer of firearms to certain personsClass C Crime
- Proper shelter; protection from the weather and humanely clean conditionsClass D Crime
- Protective orders in crimes between family membersClass D Crime
- Punishment of state witness for nonattendanceClass E Crime
- Purchase of public officeClass D Crime
- Receiving stolen property
- Reckless conductClass D Crime
- Refusing to stop for a law enforcement officer
- Refusing to submit to arrest or detention
- Retaliation against a witness, informant, victim or jurorClass C Crime
- RiotClass D Crime
- Robbery
- Sale of finger alphabet cards as inducement in the sale of merchandiseClass E Crime
- Sex Trafficking
- Sexual abuse of minors
- Sexual exploitation of minor
- Sexual misconduct with a child under 14 years of age
- Solicitation of child for commercial sexual exploitationClass C Crime
- Special sentencing provisions for gross sexual assault
- Standards for release for crime bailable as of right preconvictionClass E Crime
- Stealing drugs
- Subject propertyClass C Crime
- Summons and ComplaintClass E Crime
- Suppressing recordable instrumentClass E Crime
- Suspension or revocation of license, title, registration or fuel use decalClass E Crime
- Tampering with a witness, informant, juror or victim
- Tampering with public records or informationClass D Crime
- Terrorizing
- Theft by deception
- Theft by extortionClass C Crime
- Theft by misapplication of property
- Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer
- Theft of lost, mislaid or mistakenly delivered property
- Theft of services
- Trafficking in contraband in a state hospital
- Trafficking in or furnishing counterfeit drugsClass C Crime
- Trafficking in prison contraband
- Trafficking of alcoholic beverages in adult correctional facilitiesClass E Crime
- Trafficking of tobacco or vaping device in adult correctional facilitiesClass E Crime
- Trafficking or furnishing imitation scheduled drugs
- Trespass by motor vehicleClass E Crime
- Unauthorized dissemination of certain private imagesClass D Crime
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a correctional facility or jailClass D Crime
- Unauthorized possession of firearm in courthouseClass D Crime
- Unauthorized use of property
- Unlawful assemblyClass E Crime
- Unlawful dissemination of confidential criminal history record informationClass E Crime
- Unlawful gamblingClass D Crime
- Unlawful interference with law enforcement dogs
- Unlawful interference with law enforcement horses
- Unlawful operation of a methamphetamine laboratoryClass B Crime
- Unlawful possession of scheduled drugs
- Unlawful prize fightingClass E Crime
- Unlawful production of motion picturesClass E Crime
- Unlawful sale, consignment or rental of diseased horsesClass E Crime
- Unlawful sexual contact
- Unlawful sexual touching
- Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs
- Unlawful transfer of a firearm other than a handgun to a minorClass D Crime
- Unlawful transfer of handgun to minor
- Unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs
- Unsworn falsificationClass D Crime
- Use of drug paraphernalia
- Use of slugsClass D Crime
- Uttering fraudulent receiptsClass B Crime
- Violation
- Violation
- Violation
- ViolationClass E Crime
- Violation of condition of release
- Violation of interstate compact for adult supervisionClass D Crime
- Violation of privacyClass D Crime
- Violation of protective order
- Visual sexual aggression against child