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17-A M.R.S. §513: Maintaining an unprotected well
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
- PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
- CHAPTER 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
1. A person is guilty of maintaining an unprotected well if, being the owner or occupier of land on which there is a well, he knowingly fails to enclose the well with a substantial fence or other substantial enclosing barrier or to protect it by a substantial covering which is securely fastened.
2. Maintaining an unprotected well is a Class E crime.
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