Maine statute
17-A M.R.S. § 305 — Aggravated criminal forced labor
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 13: Kidnapping, Criminal Restraint and Criminal Forced Labor, Maine Revised Statutes.
Criminal charges under this statute
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 305
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 aggravated criminal forced labor if the actor violates section 304 and the person compelled to provide labor or services having economic value has not in fact attained 18 years of age.
2. Aggravated criminal forced labor is a Class B crime.
3. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person engaged in aggravated criminal forced labor because the person was compelled to do so as described in section 304, subsection 1.
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