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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 7, § 3605 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 165 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 383, §2 (RP).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1979–1985 · leading case: Howard v. Proctor, 495 A.2d 828 (Me. 1985).
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Howard v. Proctor, 495 A.2d 828 (Me. 1985). “7 M.R.S.A. § 3605 states in pertinent part: Whoever is assaulted by a dog when peaceably walking or riding or finds a dog strolling outside the premises of its keeper and the said dog is not safety [sic] muzzled, may, within 4 days thereafter, make written complaint before the…”
State v. Clarke, 396 A.2d 228 (Me. 1979). “Moreover, this licensing requirement has the salutary effect of permitting notice to be given to a dog’s owner prior to its possible destruction so that the owner may, if he chooses, contest the issue of whether his dog is dangerous and vicious.”
State v. Koplow, 476 A.2d 1155 (Me. 1984). · cites it 2× “§ 3455, 2 and in another civil complaint with three counts of keeping a dangerous dog, 7 M.R.S.A. § 3605. 3 Following a trial in District Court, Portland, where the Defendant was represented by counsel, the State prevailed on all eleven counts.”
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