17-A §507. Desecration and defacement - Maine Statutes

Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

§507. Desecration and defacement

1. A person is guilty of desecration and defacement if he intentionally desecrates any public monument or structure, any place of worship or burial, or any private structure not owned by him.

[ 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW) .]

2. As used in this section, "desecrate" means marring, defacing, damaging or otherwise physically mistreating, in a way that will outrage the sensibilities of an ordinary person likely to observe or discover the actions.

[ 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW) .]

3. Desecration is a Class D crime.

[ 1983, c. 710, (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). 1983, c. 710, (AMD).