Maine legal term
Obtain in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Obtain” 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 “Obtain” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Obtain" means: A. (17-A M.R.S. § 352)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated trafficking or furnishing of counterfeit drugs
- Bail commissioners
- Bribery in official and political matters
- Default
- Misuse of identification
- Misuse of scanning device or reencoder
- Possession of firearms in an establishment licensed for on-premises consumption of liquor
- Suspension or revocation of license, title, registration or fuel use decal
- Trafficking in or furnishing counterfeit drugs
- Unlawful operation of a methamphetamine laboratory
- Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs
Related terms in the same statutes
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