Maine statute
17-A M.R.S. § 1002 — Criminal use of disabling chemicals
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 41: Criminal Use of Explosives and Related Crimes, Maine Revised Statutes.
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Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 1002
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.
1. A person is guilty of criminal use of disabling chemicals if he intentionally sprays or otherwise uses upon any other person chemical mace or any similar substance composed of a mixture of gas and chemicals which has or is designed to have a disabling effect upon human beings.
2. Criminal use of disabling chemicals is a Class D crime.
3. This section shall not apply to the use of those disabling chemicals when that use is for the purpose of:
A. Defending a person under section 108;
B. Defending premises under section 104; or
C. Retaking property, preventing that taking or preventing criminal mischief under section 105;
as authorized for the use of nondeadly force.
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