Maine Revised Statutes > Title 29-A > Chapter 5 > Subchapter 1 > Article 1 – General Registration Requirements


§ 351	Registration required
§ 352	Minors
§ 353	Members of Armed Forces
§ 354	Off-road vehicles

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 29-A > Chapter 5 > Subchapter 1 > Article 1 - General Registration Requirements

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Animal: means every living, sentient creature not a human being. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011
Animal control: means control of dogs, cats, domesticated or undomesticated animals which may be a problem in the community and which are not controlled by any other law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011
Animal control officer: means the person appointed periodically by municipal officers pursuant to Title 7, chapter 725. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011
Animal shelter: means a facility that houses animals and operates for the purpose of providing stray, abandoned, abused or owner-surrendered animals with sanctuary or finding the animals temporary or permanent adoptive homes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Antique auto: means an automobile or truck manufactured in or after model year 1916 that is:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.

Bureau: means the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or his duly authorized agent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Constable: means a law enforcement officer appointed by municipal officers pursuant to law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4311

Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

Gross weight: means the weight in pounds of an empty vehicle or axle plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried by the vehicle or axle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

Humane agent: means an employee of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry who assists in enforcing this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Humanely clean conditions: means that both indoor areas and outdoor enclosures are cleaned on a periodic basis to remove excretions and other waste materials, dirt and trash with sufficient frequency to minimize health hazards and to provide adequately clean living conditions for the species of animal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Keeper: means a person in possession or control of a dog or other animal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Law enforcement officer: means a person who by virtue of public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Micropigmentation: means placing nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the skin to form marks for cosmetic or medical purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4311

Minor: means a person who has not attained 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on railroad tracks, but does not include:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Municipality: means a city, town or plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Operator: means an individual who drives or is in control of a vehicle or who is exercising control over or steering a towed vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Owner: means a person holding title to a vehicle or having exclusive right to the use of the vehicle for a period of 30 days or more. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Owner: means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog or other animal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Person: means an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, fiduciary, trust, estate or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association or any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Public way: means a way, owned and maintained by the State, a county or a municipality, over which the general public has a right to pass. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Registration: means the registration certificate, plates and renewal devices pertaining to the registration of a vehicle, including temporary registered gross weight increases. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Resident: means a person who has declared or established residency in this State or has been domiciled in this State for a period of at least 30 days, except for persons in compliance with section 109, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Semitrailer: includes , but is not limited to, so-called pole dollies and pole dickeys and wheels commonly used as a support for the ends of logs or other long articles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Shelter: means any building or physical structure or part of any building or structure, other than a private dwelling, housing dogs or other animals and not used for agricultural purposes or as a laboratory, research facility, medical facility or educational institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Tow dolly: means a device towed by a motor vehicle and designed and used exclusively to transport another motor vehicle and on which the front or rear wheels of the towed motor vehicle are mounted, while the other wheels of the towed motor vehicle remain in contact with the ground. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances either singly or together using public way for travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Traffic infraction: means any violation of any provision of this Title, or of any rules established under this Title, not expressly defined as a crime or as a civil violation and otherwise not punishable by incarceration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Trailer: means a vehicle without motive power, designed to carry persons or property and to be drawn by a motor vehicle, not operated on railroad tracks, and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Way: means the entire width between boundary lines of a road, highway, parkway, street or bridge used for vehicular traffic, whether public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Well cared for: means that the animal is receiving necessary sustenance, necessary medical attention, proper shelter, protection from the weather and humanely clean conditions and that the animal has not been nor is being injured, overworked, tormented, tortured, abandoned, poisoned, beaten, mutilated or exposed to a poison with the intent that it be taken by the animal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1011

Wrecker: means a motor vehicle with hoisting apparatus and special equipment designed and used for towing or carrying wrecked or disabled vehicles or freeing vehicles stalled or stuck in snow, mud or sand, when such a motor vehicle in fact is being used for one of those purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101

Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72