Maine § 38 §974 Right of owner to search for lost logs

Maine Statutes

§ 38 §974 — Right of owner to search for lost logs

Maine § 38 §974

Title 38WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Ch. 7FLOATING TIMBER

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 38 §974 (2026).

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The owner of logs, masts or spars referred to in section 971 or the owner's agent may at any time enter in a peaceable manner upon any mill, mill-brow, boom or raft of logs or other timber in search of that lost property. Whoever willfully prevents or obstructs a search for that lost property forfeits for each offense not less than $20 nor more than $50, to the person by whom or on whose account the entry was claimed, to be recovered in a civil action.

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The owner of logs, masts or spars referred to in section 971 or the owner's agent may at any time enter in a peaceable manner upon any mill, mill-brow, boom or raft of logs or other timber in search of that lost property. Whoever willfully prevents or obstructs a search for that lost property forfeits for each offense not less than $20 nor more than $50, to the person by whom or on whose account the entry was claimed, to be recovered in a civil action.