{"data":{"id":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-974","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"38 M.R.S. §974","heading":"Right of owner to search for lost logs","body":"The owner of logs, masts or spars referred to in section 971 or the owner's agent may at any time enter in a peaceable manner upon any mill, mill-brow, boom or raft of logs or other timber in search of that lost property. Whoever willfully prevents or obstructs a search for that lost property forfeits for each offense not less than $20 nor more than $50, to the person by whom or on whose account the entry was claimed, to be recovered in a civil action.","path":["TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION","CHAPTER 7: FLOATING TIMBER"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/38/title38sec974.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:41Z","sha256":"91ca1aef35466704e347cb07a9bb3d33ba643a350afbab869d211c25148de684","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-973","next":"us-me/38-m.r.s.-975"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}