Maine legal term
Access in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Access” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Maine criminal code.
What does “Access” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Access" means to gain logical entry into, instruct, communicate with, store data in or retrieve data from any computer resource. 2. (17-A M.R.S. § 431)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Criminal trespass
- Disorderly conduct
- Driving to endanger
- Endangering the welfare of a child
- Misuse of scanning device or reencoder
- Obstructing public ways
- Obstructing report of crime or injury
- Proper shelter; protection from the weather and humanely clean conditions
- Trespass by motor vehicle
- Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images
Related terms in the same statutes
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