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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 36, § 563 (2026)

Forest land; policy

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It is declared to be the public policy of the State, by which all officials of the State and of its municipal subdivisions are to be guided in the performance of their official duties, to encourage by the maintenance of adequate incentive the operation of all forest lands on a sustained yield basis by their owners, and to establish and maintain uniformity in methods of assessment for purposes of taxation according to the productivity of the land, giving due weight in the determination of assessed value to location and public facilities as factors contributing to advantage in operation.  
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1982–1982 · leading case: P.H. Chadbourne & Co. v. Inhabitants of Bethel, 452 A.2d 400 (Me. 1982).
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P.H. Chadbourne & Co. v. Inhabitants of Bethel, 452 A.2d 400 (Me. 1982). · cites it 12× “Second, it contends that the Superior Court erred in holding that the "Chase Law," 36 M.R.S.A. §§ 563 and 564 (1978), was unconstitutional.”
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