Maine Statutes

§ 12 §9602 — Obstruction of discontinued woods roads prohibited

Maine § 12 §9602
JurisdictionMaine
Title 12CONSERVATION
Part 11FORESTRY
Ch. 807FOREST FIRE CONTROL

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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §9602 (2026).

Text

A person, unless authorized by the director, may not obstruct any improved woods road or way used for the removal of forest growth, upon the discontinuance from use or abandonment of the road or way, if it may be reasonably utilized for preventing or suppressing forest fires. This provision does not prohibit a landowner from exercising the landowner's right to close or cause to be closed woods roads or ways by chains or gates.

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Legislative History

PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §73 (COR).

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