Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30-A, § 3753 (2026)

Permit required

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A person may not establish, operate or maintain an automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard without first obtaining a nontransferable permit from the municipal officers of the municipality in which the automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard is to be located, or from the county commissioners of the county of any unorganized territory in which the automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard is to be located. Permits issued to an automobile graveyard or junkyard under this section are valid until the first day of the following year; except that, beginning in calendar year 2004, permits issued to an automobile graveyard or junkyard under this section are valid until the first day of October of the following year. Permits issued to an automobile recycling business under this section are valid for 5 years from the date of issuance and are renewable provided that the permit holder furnishes a sworn statement, annually, on the anniversary date of the granting of the permit, that the facility complies with the standards of operation applicable at the time of issuance of the permit. A person operating a business that involves the recycling of automobiles may operate under a permit for an automobile graveyard or a permit for an automobile recycling business. [PL 2003, c. 312, §7 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 173, §4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 312, §7 (AMD).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: Town of Orono v. LaPointe, 1997 ME 185 (Me. 1997).

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Town of Orono v. LaPointe, 1997 ME 185 (Me. 1997). · cites it 3× “A § 4452 (1996) for operating an automobile graveyard or junkyard without a permit in violation of 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3753 (1996). Defendant argues that the District Court properly interpreted the applicable statutory provisions to allow the suspension.”

E. Perry Iron & Metal Co. v. City of Portland, 2008 ME 10 (Me. 2008). · cites it 2× “See 30-A M.R.S. §§ 3753, 3754-A. Second, the Solid Waste Act regulates the operation of solid waste facilities and requires a permit for the operation of such a facility.”

Town of Lebanon v. East Lebanon Auto Sales LLC, 2011 ME 78 (Me. 2011). “” 30-A M.R.S. § 3753 (2010). "Automobile graveyard” is defined as "a yard, field or other outdoor area used to store 3 or more unregistered or uninspected motor vehicles, as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 42, or parts of the vehicles” and includes "an area used…”

Town of Pownal v. Emerson, 639 A.2d 619 (Me. 1994). “The District Court ordered defendant to remove material stored on his land in violation of the automobile graveyard and junkyard statute, 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3753 (Pamph.1993), and imposed a fine.”

Town of China v. Albert Althenn, 2013 ME 107 (Me. 2013). “) finding that he maintained an automobile graveyard on his property in violation of 30-A M.R.S. § 3753 (2012); ordering him to either remove three unregistered, uninspected vehicles from his property or to store them in a building; and imposing a civil penalty and attorney fees.”

Town of Kittery v. Dineen, 868 A.2d 891 (Me. 2005). “The disclosure orders, from which no appeal was taken by Dineen; ordered that money judgments against Dineen arising from Dineen’s violation of the automobile graveyard statute, 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3753 (Supp. 2004), be paid from the estate of Dineen’s mother.”

Copp v. Town of Gray (Me. Super. Ct 2023). · cites it 5× “The parties stipulate to the following: a) Defendant has accumulated many unserviceable, discarded, worn out, or junked motor vehicles on the Premises, in addition to box cars, cranes, light poles, engines, transmissions, tires, scrap metal, scrap construction material,…”

Inhabitants of the Town of Sanford v. Nelson (Me. Super. Ct 2005). · cites it 2× “The Property was being used as an automobile graveyard and junkyard and does not comply with the automobile graveyard and junkyard requirements set forth in 30-A M.R.S.A. §3753, Specifically the Defendant was using the Property to operate an illegal automobile graveyard and…”

Town of Rumford v. Bordeau (Me. Super. Ct 2023). “In light of the evidence introduced at the trial, including but not limited to the Plaintiff's exhibits and the CEO’s testimony, the Court finds that Bordeau has willfully violated both 30-A M.R.S. § 3753, which requires a license for the operation of a junkyard or an automobile…”

Huddleson v. Inhabs. of the Town of Eliot (Me. Super. Ct 2004). “Specifically, Defendant’s CEO cited that Plaintiff was in violation of Article IV § 45-156, operating a business without a conditional use permit, Article IV § 45-290, operating a towing business in the Suburban Zoning District, Article IV § 45-290, operating a parking lot in…”

E. Perry Iron & Metal Co., Inc. v. City of Portland (Me. Super. Ct 2007). “On March 31, 2005, this court issued a decision stating that the City should have acted on Perry's license application, that the ordinance could not be retroactively applied to Perry's 2004 application, and that Perry was entitled to have its permit renewed on January 1, 2004…”

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