{"data":{"id":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-11040","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"32 M.R.S. §11040","heading":"Penalty","body":"Any person who carries on business as a debt collector without first obtaining a license pursuant to this subchapter, or who carries on that business after the revocation, suspension or expiration of any license, or who performs duties relating to the conduct of a debt collector on behalf of another person as an officer, director, employee, agent or in any other capacity, unless the other person has first obtained a license which has not expired, but been revoked nor suspended is guilty of a Class E crime.","path":["TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 109-A: MAINE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT","SUBCHAPTER 3: LICENSING AND ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec11040.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:37Z","sha256":"274affabff8ba7c8b12dc05587b42893eedcdb7c5f0503fac52246b7bb5ab770","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-11039","next":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-11051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}