Maine statute
17 M.R.S. § 3956 — Electric fences
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 131: Miscellaneous Crimes, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17 M.R.S. § 3956
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.
No person or individual may sell, utilize, install or have installed within this State equipment, devices or methods whereby fence wires may be energized with electricity unless a standard type of controller is used, which has the approval of the Underwriter's Laboratories and carries such label thereon or has the approved listing of the Department of Industrial Cooperation at the University of Maine System.
Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both.
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