Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11212 (2026)

Motor vehicles and motorboats

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SECTION HISTORY

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 655, §§B142,143 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 477, §9 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 327, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 176, §1 (RP).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2022 · leading case: State of Maine v. Carter McBreairty, 2016 ME 61 (Me. 2016).

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State of Maine v. Carter McBreairty, 2016 ME 61 (Me. 2016). · cites it 3× “Loaded firearm in a motor vehicle (Class E), 12 M.R.S. § 11212(1)(B) (2015); 2 *1016 14.”

State of Maine v. Michael J. Siracusa Jr., 2017 ME 84 (Me. 2017). · cites it 3× “attached to or incorporated in 12 M.R.S. § 11212 unpersuasive. After examining the plain language of the statute, we conclude that possession of a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle is a strict liability crime for which the State need not prove a culpable mental state.”

State of Maine v. Deleskey (Me. Super. Ct 2013). · cites it 2× “12 M.R.S.A. § 11212 provides that "[a] person may not, while in or on a motor vehicle .”

State of Maine v. Lovejoy (Me. Super. Ct 2022). “Longley instructed Fabian to arrest Lovejoy for having a loaded firearm while in a vehicle (12 M.R.S. § 11212(2)) and endangering the welfare of a child (17-A M.”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11212(1)(B) — 2 cases

State of Maine v. Carter McBreairty, 2016 ME 61 (Me. 2016). “Loaded firearm in a motor vehicle (Class E), 12 M.R.S. § 11212(1)(B) (2015); 2 *1016 14.”

State of Maine v. Michael J. Siracusa Jr., 2017 ME 84 (Me. 2017). “attached to or incorporated in 12 M.R.S. § 11212 unpersuasive. After examining the plain language of the statute, we conclude that possession of a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle is a strict liability crime for which the State need not prove a culpable mental state.”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11212(2) — 1 case

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11212(B) — 1 case

State of Maine v. Deleskey (Me. Super. Ct 2013). “12 M.R.S.A. § 11212 provides that "[a] person may not, while in or on a motor vehicle .”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11212(l)(b)(2015) — 1 case

State of Maine v. Carter McBreairty, 2016 ME 61 (Me. 2016). “Loaded firearm in a motor vehicle (Class E), 12 M.R.S. § 11212(1)(B) (2015); 2 *1016 14.”

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