Maine criminal code — subchapter
Subchapter 3: Cruelty to Animals
Subchapter 3 of Chapter 42: Animal Welfare, Maine Revised Statutes. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Subchapter 3
- 17 M.R.S. § 1031 — Cruelty to animals
- 17 M.R.S. § 1032 — Cruelty to birds
- 17 M.R.S. § 1033 — Animal fighting
- 17 M.R.S. § 1034 — Application for search warrant
- 17 M.R.S. § 1035 — Necessary sustenance
- 17 M.R.S. § 1036 — Necessary medical attention
- 17 M.R.S. § 1037 — Proper shelter; protection from the weather and humanely clean conditions
- 17 M.R.S. § 1037-A — Affirmative defense
- 17 M.R.S. § 1038 — Animals abandoned at animal care facilities
- 17 M.R.S. § 1039 — Cruel confinement of calves raised for veal and sows during gestation
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