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UPDATED November 28, 2012

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• Maine Revised Statutes (select sections)
  • Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services
    • Part 12. Human Rights
      • Chapter 337-A. Protection from Harassment
        • § 4651. Definitions
        • § 4652. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction
        • § 4653. Commencement of proceedings
        • § 4654. Hearings
        • § 4655. Relief
        • § 4656. Identifying information sealed
        • § 4657. Notification
        • § 4659. Violation
      • Chapter 337-B. Civil Rights Act
        • § 4681. Violations of constitutional rights; civil action by Attorney General
  • Title 15. Court Procedure--Criminal
    • Part 1. Criminal Procedure Generally
      • Chapter 15. Possession of Firearms by Prohibited Persons
        • § 393. Possession of firearms prohibited for certain persons
  • Title 17. Crimes
    • Chapter 93-C. Interference with Constitutional and Civil Rights
      • § 2931. Prohibition
  • Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code
    • Part 1. General Principles
      • Chapter 1. Preliminary
        • § 2. Definitions
    • Part 2. Substantive Offenses
      • Chapter 9. Offenses Against the Person
        • § 201. Murder
        • § 202. Felony murder
        • § 203. Manslaughter
        • § 204. Aiding or soliciting suicide
        • § 207. Assault
        • § 208. Aggravated assault
        • § 209. Criminal threatening
        • § 210. Terrorizing
        • § 210-A. Stalking
        • § 211. Reckless conduct
      • Chapter 11. Sexual Assaults
        • § 253. Gross sexual assault
      • Chapter 13. Kidnapping and Criminal Restraint
        • § 301. Kidnapping
        • § 302. Criminal restraint
        • § 303. Criminal restraint by parent
      • Chapter 21. Offenses Against Public Order
        • § 506. Harassment by telephone
        • § 506-A. Harassment
        • § 511. Violation of privacy
        • § 556. Incest
      • Chapter 33. Arson and Other Property Destruction
        • § 802. Arson
        • § 805. Aggravated criminal mischief
        • § 806. Criminal mischief
  • Title 19-A. Domestic Relations
    • Part 3. Parents and Children
      • Chapter 51. General Provisions
        • § 1501. Definitions
      • Chapter 55. Rights and Responsibilities
        • § 1653. Parental rights and responsibilities
        • § 1657. Modification or termination of orders for parental rights and responsibilities
      • Chapter 58. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
        • § 1732. Definitions
      • Chapter 59. Visitation Rights of Grandparents
        • § 1803. Petition
      • Chapter 63. Child Support Guidelines
        • § 2001. Definitions
    • Part 4. Protection from Abuse
      • Chapter 101. Protection from Abuse
        • § 4001. Purposes
        • § 4002. Definitions
        • § 4003. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction
        • § 4004. Application of other acts
        • § 4005. Commencement of proceeding
        • § 4006. Hearings
        • § 4007. Relief
        • § 4008. Identifying information sealed
        • § 4009. Notification
        • § 4010. Procedure
        • § 4011. Violation
        • § 4012. Law enforcement agency responsibilities
        • § 4013. Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse
        • § 4014. Certification of batterers' intervention programs
  • Title 22. Health and Welfare
    • Subtitle 3. Income Supplementation
      • Part 2. Aged, Blind, Disabled or Medically Indigent Persons
        • Chapter 958-A. Adult Protective Services
          • Subchapter 1. General Provisions
            • § 3472. Definitions
      • Part 3. Children
        • Chapter 1071. Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act
          • Subchapter 1. General Provisions
            • § 4002. Definitions
            • § 4005-D. Access to and participating in proceedings
            • § 4005-E. Relatives; visitation and access; placement

Chapter 337-A. Protection from Harassment

back to top§ 4651. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Court. “Court” means any District Court and, with regard to section 4659, the tribal court of the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the Penobscot Nation.

2. Harassment. “Harassment” means:

A. Three or more acts of intimidation, confrontation, physical force or the threat of physical force directed against any person, family or business that are made with the intention of causing fear, intimidation or damage to personal property and that do in fact cause fear, intimidation or damage to personal property; or

B. Repealed. Laws 2011, c. 559, § C-2.

C. A single act or course of conduct constituting a violation of section 4681; Title 17, section 2931; or Title 17-A, sections 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209, 210, 210-A, 211, 253, 301, 302, 303, 506-A, 511, 556, 802, 805 or 806.

This definition does not include any act protected by law.

3. Law enforcement agency. “Law enforcement agency” means the State Police, a sheriff's department or a municipal police department.

4. Business. “Business” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability corporation, professional corporation or any other legal business entity recognized under the laws of the State.