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17 M.R.S. § 1752 — False invoices, bills of lading or estimates of property shipped

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Subchapter 3: Maritime Frauds, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 17 M.R.S. § 1752

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.

17 M.R.S. § 1752Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
If an owner of a vessel or of property laden or pretended to be laden on board thereof, or other person concerned in its lading or fitting out, makes out or exhibits, or causes to be made out or exhibited, any false or fraudulent invoice, bill of lading, bill of parcels or other false estimates of such property, with intent to injure or defraud any insurer of such vessel or property, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.

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