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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 23, § 3001 (2026)

Power of officers; notice

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 711, §7 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1972–2014 · leading case: Franklin Prop. Trust v. Foresite, Inc., 438 A.2d 218 (Me. 1981).
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Franklin Prop. Trust v. Foresite, Inc., 438 A.2d 218 (Me. 1981). · cites it 4× “In Maine, pursuant to former 23 M.R.S.A. § 3001 (repealed effective July 29, 1976) municipal officers were authorized to “lay out, alter or widen town ways and private ways .”
Comber v. Inhabitants of Plantation of Dennistown, 398 A.2d 376 (Me. 1979). · cites it 2× “23 M.R.S.A. § 3001 (1964) (repealed effective July 29, 1976).”
Fournier v. Elliott, 966 A.2d 410 (Me. 2009). “Pursuant to former 23 M.R.S.A. § 3001 (1964), municipalities could "lay out, alter or widen town ways and private ways for any inhabitant or for owners of cultivated land therein.”
Vachon v. Inhabitants of the Town of Lisbon, 295 A.2d 255 (Me. 1972). · cites it 2× “23 M.R.S.A. § 3001 authorizes the municipal officers, in laying out a way, to “determine whether it shall be a town way or a private way,” and we deem it of significance that the reservation in the deed to the Authority is for a “public street,” not for a private way.”
Warchalowski v. Brown, 417 A.2d 425 (Me. 1980). “The petition was brought pursuant to former 23 M.R.S.A. § 3001 (1964) (repealed effective July 29, 1976), which provided: § 3001.”
State of Maine v. Lisha Rose Stanley, 2014 ME 14 (Me. 2014). “Until 1975, the Legislature authorized municipal officers to create "private ways” in 23 M.R.S.A. § 3001, which was repealed and replaced by P.”
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