Maine § 33 §1202 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 33 §1202 — Definitions

Maine § 33 §1202

Title 33PROPERTY

Ch. 25MAINE COASTAL ISLAND REGISTRY

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 33 §1202 (2026).

Text

As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings.

1.Coastal island. "Coastal island" means a natural land formation protruding above the surface of and surrounded by Maine's coastal waters at mean high tide or any portion of such land formation.

2.Coastal waters. "Coastal waters" means all waters of the State within the rise and fall of the tide and to the marine limits of the jurisdiction of the State.

3.Person. "Person" shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, municipalities and other legal entities but shall not include the State and its agencies or the Federal Government.

4.Residential structure. "Residential structure" means a building used as a seasonal or year-round dwelling which was in existence on July 5, 1973.

5.Traceable. "Traceab

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As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings.
1.
Coastal island.
"Coastal island" means a natural land formation protruding above the surface of and surrounded by Maine's coastal waters at mean high tide or any portion of such land formation.
2.
Coastal waters.
"Coastal waters" means all waters of the State within the rise and fall of the tide and to the marine limits of the jurisdiction of the State.
3.
Person.
"Person" shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, municipalities and other legal entities but shall not include the State and its agencies or the Federal Government.
4.
Residential structure.
"Residential structure" means a building used as a seasonal or year-round dwelling which was in existence on July 5, 1973.
5.
Traceable.
"Traceable" means derived through successive transfers which were accomplished by written evidence of title or by intestate succession. No intestate succession shall be included without clear and convincing evidence supplied by the registrant showing the interest which passed into the registrant's chain of title by the succession.
6.
True owner.
"True owner" means a person who holds title to a coastal island which is:
7.
Written evidence of title.
"Written evidence of title" means:

Legislative History

PL 1973, c. 616, §1 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 788, §167A (AMD). PL 1975, c. 509, §1 (RPR). PL 1995, c. 502, §E30 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV). PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24 (REV).