Maine statute
17 M.R.S. § 2499 — Injuring or cutting loose booms, rafts, vessels or boats; civil action for damages
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 4: Miscellaneous, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17 M.R.S. § 2499
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.
Whoever willfully or maliciously, without consent of the owner, cuts away, lets loose, injures or destroys any boom, raft or logs or other lumber, or any vessel, gondola, scow or other boat fastened to any place, of which he is not the owner or legal possessor, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 and by imprisonment for less than one year; and shall be liable to the person injured in a civil action for double the damages by him sustained.
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