Maine § 14 §172 Liability related to professional services for natural disaster or catastrophe

Maine Statutes

§ 14 §172 — Liability related to professional services for natural disaster or catastrophe

Maine § 14 §172

Title 14COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL

Part 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 7DEFENSES GENERALLY

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 14 §172 (2026).

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1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

2.Immunity. An architect, contractor, environmental professional, land surveyor, landscape architect, planner or engineer who voluntarily, without compensation other than expense reimbursement, and acting in good faith provides, under the applicable license or certification, architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical or other engineering, planning, land surveying, hazardous waste site clean-up, contracting or other professional design services related to a natural disaster or catastrophe at the request of or with the approval of a public official, law enforcement official, public safety official, building inspection official or environmental official bel

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Immunity.
An architect, contractor, environmental professional, land surveyor, landscape architect, planner or engineer who voluntarily, without compensation other than expense reimbursement, and acting in good faith provides, under the applicable license or certification, architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical or other engineering, planning, land surveying, hazardous waste site clean-up, contracting or other professional design services related to a natural disaster or catastrophe at the request of or with the approval of a public official, law enforcement official, public safety official, building inspection official or environmental official believed by the architect, contractor, environmental professional, land surveyor, landscape architect, planner or engineer to be acting in an official capacity is not liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage or other loss of any nature related to the architect's, contractor's, environmental professional's, land surveyor's, landscape architect's, planner's or engineer's acts, errors or omissions in the performance of engineering, architectural, planning, land surveying, hazardous waste site clean-up or contracting services for a site, a structure, a building, a facility, a project utility, equipment, a machine, a process, piping or some other engineered system, either publicly or privately owned.
3.
Voluntary services.
The immunity provided in this section applies to only voluntary architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical or other engineering, planning, land surveying, hazardous waste site clean-up, contracting or other professional design services related to a natural disaster or catastrophe that are provided during the natural disaster or catastrophe, unless the period of emergency is extended by an executive order issued by the President of the United States or the Governor under the President's or Governor's emergency executive powers.
4.
Reckless or intentional misconduct.
Nothing in this section provides immunity for reckless or intentional misconduct.
5.
Liability of governmental entities and employees not affected; existing immunity.
When an architect, contractor, environmental professional, land surveyor, landscape architect, planner or engineer voluntarily renders services at the request of or with the approval of a state or local official and when such services fall within the immunity of this section, the liability, if any, of governmental entities and their employees under chapter 741 is not affected by this section. The immunity provided in this section is in addition to immunity provided in Title 37‑B, section 784‑A.