{"data":{"id":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-655","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"38 M.R.S. §655","heading":"--damages for flowing or diversion; limitations","body":"Any person whose lands are damaged by being flowed by a milldam, or by the diversion of the water by such canal, may obtain compensation for the injury, by complaint to the Superior Court in the county where any part of the lands are; but no compensation shall be awarded for damages sustained more than 3 years before the institution of the complaint.","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/title38sec655.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:41Z","sha256":"2cef1ce591c21beae031c29c8e491942d89b44912b147c9b886cdc1f2dab0602","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-654","next":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-656"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}