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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 1851 (2026)

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §9 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1975–1981 · leading case: George Rundlett v. Richard Oliver, & State of Maine, 607 F.2d 495 (1st Cir. 1979).
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George Rundlett v. Richard Oliver, & State of Maine, 607 F.2d 495 (1st Cir. 1979). “If the female offender were within a certain degree of consanguinity or affinity with her “victim”, she might be subject to criminal sanction for incest under 17 M.R.S.A. § 1851 (repealed effective May 1, 1976).”
State v. Sockbeson, 430 A.2d 1105 (Me. 1981). “” 17 M.R.S.A. § 1851 (repealed by enactment of Title 17-A, 1975 Me.”
State v. True, 330 A.2d 787 (Me. 1975). ““When persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, in which marriages are declared incestuous and void, intermarry or commit fornication or adultery with each other, they shall be punished hy imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than 10 years.”
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