{"data":{"id":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-653","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"38 M.R.S. §653","heading":"--injury to existing mill or canal","body":"No such dam shall be erected or canal constructed to the injury of any mill or canal lawfully existing on the same stream; nor to the injury of any mill site, on which a mill or milldam has been lawfully erected and used, unless the right to maintain a mill thereon has been lost or defeated.","path":["TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION","CHAPTER 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS","SUBCHAPTER 1: MILLS AND DAMS","ARTICLE 1: ERECTION AND FLOWAGE RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/38/title38sec653.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:41Z","sha256":"260a381efaff44a40f6d0098d606c5540ccffd0b47775d15794d9e7b5906a77b","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-652","next":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-654"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}