Maine Statutes
§ 4 §859 — False advertising or representation to be an attorney
Maine § 4 §859
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 4, § 4 §859 (2026).
Text
If a person who has not been admitted to practice law in this State or whose name has been struck from the roll of attorneys advertises as or represents that person to be an attorney or counselor at law, that person is guilty of a Class E crime.
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Legislative History
PL 1977, c. 696, §28 (RPR). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §31 (COR).
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 4 §859, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/4%20%C2%A7859.