Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11453 (2026)

Driving deer

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1.  Unlawfully driving deer.  A person may not participate in a hunt for deer during which an organized or planned effort is made to drive deer. For purposes of this subsection, 4 or more persons working together to move deer constitutes an organized or planned effort to drive deer.  
[PL 2013, c. 408, §16 (AMD).]
2.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.  
[PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 408, §16 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: State of Maine v. Michael J. Siracusa Jr., 2017 ME 84 (Me. 2017).
State of Maine v. Michael J. Siracusa Jr., 2017 ME 84 (Me. 2017). · cites it 5× “We conclude, however, that the language of the statute itself is sufficient to inform a fact-finder as to the culpable mental state required for conviction. [¶ 11] Title 17-A M.”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 11453(1) — 1 case
State of Maine v. Michael J. Siracusa Jr., 2017 ME 84 (Me. 2017). “We conclude, however, that the language of the statute itself is sufficient to inform a fact-finder as to the culpable mental state required for conviction. [¶ 11] Title 17-A M.”
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