Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 292 — Persons going armed without reasonable cause
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 11: Security to Keep the Peace, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 292
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
A person who goes armed with any dirk, pistol or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without just cause to fear an assault on that person or that person's family or property, may, on complaint of any person having cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace, be required to find sureties to keep the peace for a term of less than one year and, in case of refusal, may be committed as provided in section 285.
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