Maine legal term
Structure in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Structure” 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 “Structure” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Structure" means a building or other place designed to provide protection for persons or property against weather or intrusion, but does not include vehicles and other conveyances whose primary purpose is transportation of persons or property unless such vehicle or conveyance, or a section thereof, is also a dwelling place. 25. (17-A M.R.S. § 2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated criminal mischief
- Burglary
- Causing a catastrophe
- Common nuisances; jurisdiction to abate
- Criminal trespass
- Cruel confinement of calves raised for veal and sows during gestation
- Desecration and defacement
- Forgery
- Illegal possession or sale of gravestones
- Insurance deception
- Interference with cemetery or burial ground
- Negotiating a worthless instrument
Related terms in the same statutes
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