{"data":{"id":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-3138","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"35-A M.R.S. §3138","heading":"Joint ownership of facility; waiver of right to partition","body":"Notwithstanding Title 14, chapter 719, any domestic transmission and distribution utility or foreign electric utility that acquires or owns a joint or common interest with one or more other utilities or other persons in any property that is used or acquired for use as a utility facility may surrender or waive its right to have a partition by division or partition by sale of the property for a period that does not exceed the period for which the property is used or useful for transmission and distribution utility purposes.","path":["TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES","PART 3: ELECTRIC POWER","CHAPTER 31: GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER 2: ENERGY PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION; PURCHASES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec3138.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:40Z","sha256":"3250067e0fcd8c899dc229d911a100232aa556f06123393c57f142ad0d530e80","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-3137","next":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-3139"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}