{"data":{"id":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-7551","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"14 M.R.S. §7551","heading":"Treble damages for waste pending action","body":"If, during the pendency of an action for the recovery of land, the tenant commits strip or waste by cutting, felling or destroying wood, timber, trees or poles standing thereon, he shall pay to the aggrieved party treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.","path":["TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL","PART 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 739: WASTE AND TRESPASS TO REAL ESTATE","SUBCHAPTER 2: TRESPASS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec7551.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"0a1c4c27f338b60cc7bbc26308d8349a212859fbeaf089b487809cc504c40701","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-7507","next":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-7551-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}