Maine · Maine Revised Statutes — Title 15, Court Procedure — Criminal
Me. Rev. Stat. (Crim. Proc.) § 4: County lines terminating at or near tidewaters; course
What this law says, in plain English
County boundary lines ending at tidewater run through the principal channel to include islands, then extend in the shortest direct line to the state's water limit. Waters between these lines belong to the respective counties.
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