{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-507-a","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17-A M.R.S. §507-A","heading":"Interference with cemetery or burial ground","body":"1.   No person may intentionally or knowingly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, or any fence, railing, curb or other enclosure for the burial of the dead.\n2.   Subsection 1 does not apply to any person:\nA.  Who performs an act as authorized under Title 13, section 1371; or\nB.  Who meets the requirements governing eminent domain as established by state or federal law.\n3.   Any person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class D crime.","path":["TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE","PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES","CHAPTER 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec507-A.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"8bb67bb8c33e311e062005fec58461ec8cd2b2bfc84d79ff6782c3a9ff1a71da","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-507","next":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-507-b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}