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12 M.R.S. §11223: Aid to injured person and reporting hunting accident

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
  2. PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
  3. CHAPTER 915: HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
  4. SUBCHAPTER 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING

1. Duty. A person who knows or has reason to know that that person has inflicted injury or may have inflicted injury on another person by the use of a firearm or archery equipment shall:

A. Make that person known to the victim;

B. Render first aid and assistance as that person is capable of rendering under the circumstances; and

C. Give notice of the event by the quickest means to a game warden or, in the event that a game warden cannot be contacted, to the law enforcement officer nearest the place where the event occurred.

2. Prohibition.

3. Penalty. A person who fails to aid an injured person or report a hunting accident in accordance with this section commits a Class C crime.

Collected 2026-09-04T15:12:25Z. Source file · JSON

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