Title 38, §9: Abandonment of watercraft

Title 38, §9: Abandonment of watercraft Maine Legislature Maine Revised Statutes Session Law Statutes Maine State Constitution Information §9 PDF §9 MS-Word Statute Search Ch. 1 Contents Title 38 Contents List of Titles Maine Law & Disclaimer Revisor's Office Maine Legislature §8 Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION Chapter 1: OPERATION OF VESSELS Subchapter 1: HARBOR MASTERS §10 §9. Abandonment of watercraft No person may bring into or maintain in the harbor any derelict watercraft, watercraft for salvage, or abandon any watercraft in the harbor without a permit from the harbor master or, if there is no harbor master, the appropriate municipal official. Whoever does so without permit is guilty of a Class E crime. Watercraft which are to be salvaged by firms licensed by the State to do salvage work shall be excluded from this section. The municipal board or commission entrusted with harbor management shall be the sole determiner as to what constitutes a watercraft that is derelict and what constitutes a watercraft that is abandoned.  [PL 1987, c. 412, §§ 7, 8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 412, §§7,8 (NEW).

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