Maine · Maine Revised Statutes — Title 17-A, Maine Criminal Code
Me. Rev. Stat. (Criminal Code) § 514: Abandoning an airtight container
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a Class E crime by abandoning an airtight container in a public or minor-accessible place, or by knowingly failing to remove such a container from property under their control.
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