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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 73 (2026)

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The common law rule that a person is a minor to the age of 20 is abrogated and persons 18 years of age or over are declared to be of majority for all purposes.   [PL 1971, c. 598, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §8 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 598, §8 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2019 · leading case: State v. Dube, 409 A.2d 1102 (Me. 1979).
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State v. Dube, 409 A.2d 1102 (Me. 1979). · cites it 14× “He also argues that the rule was impliedly amended by section 8 of chapter 598 of the Public Laws of 1971, amending 1 M.R.S.A. § 73 (1979) by lowering the age of majority from 21 to 18 "for all purposes.”
James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). “29 (2018); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22 § 1503 (2018); Me.”
Willey v. Brown, 390 A.2d 1039 (Me. 1978). “433, § 8 (now 1 M.R.S.A. § 73) reduced the age of majority to twenty, 3 effective October 1, 1969, nineteen days after plaintiff had reached his twentieth birthday.”
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