{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-903","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17-A M.R.S. §903","heading":"Misuse of entrusted property","body":"1.   A person is guilty of misuse of entrusted property if that person deals with property that has been entrusted to that person as a fiduciary, or property of the government or of a financial institution, in a manner that that person knows is a violation of that person's duty and that involves a substantial risk of loss to the owner or to a person for whose benefit the property was entrusted.\n2.   As used in this section \"fiduciary\" includes any person carrying on fiduciary functions on behalf of an organization that is a fiduciary.\n3.   Except as provided in subsection 4, misuse of entrusted property is a Class D crime.\n4.   If a misuse of entrusted property results in the loss of a vulnerable person's property or the loss of property entrusted to a person for the benefit of a vulnerable person and, at the time of the offense, the owner or the beneficiary of the property is a vulnerable person:\nA.  If the value of the property is more than $1,000 but not more than $10,000, the misuse of entrusted property is a Class C crime; and\nB.  If the value of the property is more than $10,000, the misuse of entrusted property is a Class B crime.\nAs used in this subsection, \"vulnerable person\" means an incapacitated adult as defined in Title 22, section 3472, subsection 10 or a dependent adult as defined in Title 22, section 3472, subsection 6.","path":["TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE","PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES","CHAPTER 37: FRAUD"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec903.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"f4412ef2a46527af391306eec4e64b27159c463ac22e2096b7d253fd63d2d266","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-902","next":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}