Maine criminal code — subchapter

Subchapter 1: General Provisions

Subchapter 1 of Chapter 59: Fraud and False Pretenses, Maine Revised Statutes. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.

Sections of Subchapter 1

17 M.R.S. § 1601 — Cheating by false pretenses
17 M.R.S. § 1602 — Obtaining long distance telephone service without payment
17 M.R.S. § 1603 — Uttering fraudulent receipts
17 M.R.S. § 1603-A — Fraud against State
17 M.R.S. § 1604 — False financial statements
17 M.R.S. § 1605 — Fraudulent checks
17 M.R.S. § 1606 — -- payment in 5 days or prima facie case of fraud
17 M.R.S. § 1607 — Credit defined
17 M.R.S. § 1608 — Procuring money by false pretense of physical defects
17 M.R.S. § 1608-A — Sale of finger alphabet cards as inducement in the sale of merchandise
17 M.R.S. § 1609 — False representations of standard for sale of sterling and coin silver articles
17 M.R.S. § 1609-A — Resetting, tampering or disconnecting odometers on motor vehicles
17 M.R.S. § 1610 — Misrepresenting livestock
17 M.R.S. § 1611 — Disguising horses in premium shows
17 M.R.S. § 1612 — Gross fraud at common law
17 M.R.S. § 1613 — Fraudulent conveyances or assignments
17 M.R.S. § 1614 — Removal or concealment of mortgaged personal property
17 M.R.S. § 1615 — Defrauding garage owner; posting copy of law
17 M.R.S. § 1616 — Transfer tickets
17 M.R.S. § 1617 — Tampering with street railway fare-box or use of mutilated coins
17 M.R.S. § 1618 — Corporate acts after forfeiture of charter
17 M.R.S. § 1619 — Circulating advertisements in similitude of bank bills
17 M.R.S. § 1620 — Fraudulent advertising; exemptions
17 M.R.S. § 1621 — Use of false or unauthorized credit devices
17 M.R.S. § 1622 — Notice of credit revocation
17 M.R.S. § 1623 — Obtaining transportation on ski lift
17 M.R.S. § 1624 — Definitions
17 M.R.S. § 1625 — False statement as to financial condition or identity
17 M.R.S. § 1626 — Theft of credit card; forgery
17 M.R.S. § 1627 — Fraudulent use of illegally obtained credit card, forged credit card or expired credit card
17 M.R.S. § 1628 — Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services
17 M.R.S. § 1629 — Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit cards
17 M.R.S. § 1630 — Receipt of money, goods, services or anything else of value
17 M.R.S. § 1631 — Defenses not available
17 M.R.S. § 1632 — Presumptions
17 M.R.S. § 1633 — Penalties
17 M.R.S. § 1634 — Construction
17 M.R.S. § 1635 — Civil liability
17 M.R.S. § 1636 — Posing as Indian in vending
17 M.R.S. § 1637 — False claims of membership in federally recognized tribe in the State

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