Maine § 17-A §511-A Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images

Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §511-A — Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images

Maine § 17-A §511-A

Title 17-AMAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 2SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

Ch. 21OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 17-A §511-A (2026).

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1.A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes an image of another person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact or an image that has been created or modified so that it appears to show the depicted person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact in a manner in which there is no public or newsworthy purpose when the person knows or should have known that the depicted person:

2.This section does not apply to the following:

3.As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the followi

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1.
A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes an image of another person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact or an image that has been created or modified so that it appears to show the depicted person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact in a manner in which there is no public or newsworthy purpose when the person knows or should have known that the depicted person:
2.
This section does not apply to the following:
3.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
4.
Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images is a Class D crime.
5.
Access to and dissemination of certain private images as described in subsection 1 and any written information describing and directly pertaining to the images contained in court records are governed by rule or administrative order adopted by the Supreme Judicial Court.