Maine Statutes
§ 38 §721 — Common law remedy limited
Maine § 38 §721
JurisdictionMaine
Title 38WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Ch. 5GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 38 §721 (2026).
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No action shall be sustained at common law for the recovery of damages occasioned by the overflowing of lands or for the diversion of the water as before mentioned, except in the cases provided in this chapter, to enforce the payment of damages after they have been ascertained by process of complaint.
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§ 38 §7
Relation to other laws§ 38 §7-A
Waiting lists; nonresident moorings§ 38 §701
Complaint§ 38 §702
--service§ 38 §703
Defenses§ 38 §704
Trial; costs§ 38 §706
Assessment in gross§ 38 §707
Payment in gross; bar§ 38 §708
Commissioners' report for jury§ 38 §709
Acceptance of commissioners' report§ 38 §710
Verdict or report bars future action§ 38 §711
Yearly damages§ 38 §712
--security for§ 38 §713
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 38 §721, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/38%20%C2%A7721.