{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-513","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17-A M.R.S. §513","heading":"Maintaining an unprotected well","body":"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.\n2.   Maintaining an unprotected well is a Class E 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-Asec513.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"ca0bbb752788945865cbccbaea85d8936cfe09e6b0cbc5c60a3f0f9693fa779e","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-512","next":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-514"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}