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§506-B
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
§507-A

§507. Desecration and defacement

1.  A person is guilty of desecration and defacement if he intentionally desecrates any public monument or structure, any place of worship or burial, or any private structure not owned by him.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
2.  As used in this section, "desecrate" means marring, defacing, damaging or otherwise physically mistreating, in a way that will outrage the sensibilities of an ordinary person likely to observe or discover the actions.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Desecration is a Class D crime.  
[PL 1983, c. 710 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 710 (AMD).
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