{"data":{"id":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-701","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"23 M.R.S. §701","heading":"Establishment of systems; surveys","body":"The department shall lay out, construct and maintain a system of state and state aid highways substantially as described in chapters 1 to 19. All persons employed by the department under chapters 1 to 19 are authorized to the extent necessary for surveys and preliminary engineering to enter and cross all lands within, adjoining and adjacent to the area to be surveyed.","path":["TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION","PART 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW","CHAPTER 13: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS","SUBCHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec701.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:32Z","sha256":"1e0b71a8c4b9e367784d3087b518da97bbcc9af522d5b3f3df16db52bdf9caf4","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-654","next":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}