Maine statute
17-A M.R.S. § 507-A — Interference with cemetery or burial ground
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 21: Offenses Against Public Order, Maine Revised Statutes.
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Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 507-A
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. No person may intentionally or knowingly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, or any fence, railing, curb or other enclosure for the burial of the dead.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to any person:
A. Who performs an act as authorized under Title 13, section 1371; or
B. Who meets the requirements governing eminent domain as established by state or federal law.
3. Any person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class D crime.
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