Legal Statutes: Maine

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 9. Offenses Against the Person

back to top§ 209. Criminal threatening

1. A person is guilty of criminal threatening if he intentionally or knowingly places another person in fear of imminent bodily injury.

2. Criminal threatening is a Class D crime.