1. No person may intentionally or knowingly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, or any fence, railing, curb or other enclosure for the burial of the dead.

[PL 1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

Attorney's Note

Under the Maine Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D crimeup to 1 yearup to $2,000
For details, see Me. Rev. Stat. Title 17-A § 1604
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2. Subsection 1 does not apply to any person:
A. Who performs an act as authorized under Title 13, section 1371; or [PL 1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]
B. Who meets the requirements governing eminent domain as established by state or federal law. [PL 1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

[PL 1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

3. Any person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class D crime.

[PL 1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).