Maine § 1 §452 Removal, secretion, mutilation of or refusal to return state documents

Maine Statutes

§ 1 §452 — Removal, secretion, mutilation of or refusal to return state documents

Maine § 1 §452

Title 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 13PUBLIC RECORDS AND PROCEEDINGS

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 1 §452 (2026).

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Whoever intentionally removes any book, record, document or instrument belonging to or kept in any state office, except books and documents kept and deposited in the State Library, intentionally secretes, alters, mutilates, defaces or destroys any such book, record, document or instrument or, having possession or control of any such book, record, document or instrument, intentionally fails or refuses to return the same to that state office or to deliver the same to the person in lawful charge of the office where the same was kept or deposited is guilty of a Class D crime.

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Whoever intentionally removes any book, record, document or instrument belonging to or kept in any state office, except books and documents kept and deposited in the State Library, intentionally secretes, alters, mutilates, defaces or destroys any such book, record, document or instrument or, having possession or control of any such book, record, document or instrument, intentionally fails or refuses to return the same to that state office or to deliver the same to the person in lawful charge of the office where the same was kept or deposited is guilty of a Class D crime.