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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 6402 (2026)

Suspension or revocation based on conviction of molesting

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Notwithstanding section 6401, subsection 2, the commissioner shall suspend the lobster and crab fishing license of a license holder or the nonresident lobster and crab landing permit of a permit holder convicted of violating section 6434 for not less than 2 years and not more than 6 years from the date of a first conviction and not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years from the date of a 2nd conviction. For a 3rd or subsequent conviction, the commissioner shall permanently revoke the person's license or permit.   [PL 2017, c. 197, §5 (AMD).]
1.  Convictions for cutting lobster trap lines.  A person convicted under section 6434 of molesting lobster gear by cutting a lobster trap line shall, upon making full payment as ordered by the court under section 6434, subsection 4, paragraph A, provide the commissioner with proof of that payment. If the commissioner does not receive that proof within 3 years after the date of conviction, the commissioner shall continue that license suspension until such time as that proof is received.  
[PL 2017, c. 197, §5 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 661, §5 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 543, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 201, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 151, §5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 394, §3 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 561, §13 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 197, §5 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2010 · leading case: Rich v. Dep't of Marine Resources, 2010 ME 41 (Me. 2010).
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Rich v. Dep't of Marine Resources, 2010 ME 41 (Me. 2010). · cites it 5× “), affirming a decision by the Department of Marine Resources that suspended Rich’s lobster and crab fishing license for a period of three years pursuant to 12 M.R.S. § 6402 (2008). Because we conclude that section 6402 did not, at the time, authorize the three-year suspension…”
Post v. State, Dep't of Marine Resources, 605 A.2d 81 (Me. 1992). · cites it 3× “The Department revoked his license pursuant to 12 M.R.S.A. § 6402 1 upon notification that he had been convicted of trap molesting in violation of 12 M.”
Rich v. Maine Dep't of Marine Resources (Me. Super. Ct 2009). · cites it 7× “) 12 M.R.S. § 6402, upon which the Commissioner relied in imposing the suspension, provides: I The civil complaint also alleged a violation of Department of Marine Resources rules.”
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