{"data":{"id":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-721","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"38 M.R.S. §721","heading":"Common law remedy limited","body":"No action shall be sustained at common law for the recovery of damages occasioned by the overflowing of lands or for the diversion of the water as before mentioned, except in the cases provided in this chapter, to enforce the payment of damages after they have been ascertained by process of 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/title38sec721.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:41Z","sha256":"45d5e9142d64618fdbfb07d4dda9aae33319b267b9348a5c0a54bfe51089cda8","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-720","next":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-722"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}