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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine's statutes are published on the official Maine Legislature site at legislature.maine.gov/statutes under a code search page listing all titles.",
      "body": "Maine's statutes are published on the official Maine Legislature site at legislature.maine.gov/statutes under a code search page listing all titles.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Maine Revised Statutes reflects changes made through the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature, is current through October 1, 2026”\n\nNote: Anchor record.",
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      "source_link": "https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/",
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      "evidence_quote": "Maine Revised Statutes reflects changes made through the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature, is current through October 1, 2026",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: interception of communication",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] It is a Class C crime in Maine for any person, other than authorized law enforcement or common carrier employees, to intentionally or knowingly intercept any wire or oral communication.",
      "body": "It is a Class C crime in Maine for any person, other than authorized law enforcement or common carrier employees, to intentionally or knowingly intercept any wire or oral communication.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Any person, other than an employee of a communication common carrier, a law enforcement officer, an investigative officer, another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34‑A, section 3011 or a jail investigative officer or a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer, carrying out practices otherwise permitted by this chapter, who intentionally or knowingly intercepts, attempts to intercept or procures any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire or oral communication is guilty of a Class C crime.”\n\nNote: The statute lacks an exception for one-party consent by ordinary citizens, suggesting Maine is an all-party consent state for these purposes.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html",
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      "source_tier": "A",
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      "evidence_quote": "Any person, other than an employee of a communication common carrier, a law enforcement officer, an investigative officer, another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34‑A, section 3011 or a jail investigative officer or a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer, carrying out practices otherwise permitted by this chapter, who intentionally or knowingly intercepts, attempts to intercept or procures any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire or oral communication is guilty of a Class C crime.",
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      "id": "learn_r402_maine_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_me_17a_511",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: violation of privacy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Violation of privacy is a Class D crime in Maine, which includes the unauthorized installation or use of devices to observe or record in private places, or visual surveillance in public places of parts of the body concealed by clothing.",
      "body": "Violation of privacy is a Class D crime in Maine, which includes the unauthorized installation or use of devices to observe or record in private places, or visual surveillance in public places of parts of the body concealed by clothing.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of violation of privacy if, except in the execution of a public duty or as authorized by law, that person intentionally: A. Commits a civil trespass on property with the intent to overhear or observe any person in a private place; B. Installs or uses in a private place without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy in that place, any device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting sounds or events in that place; C. Installs or uses outside a private place without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy therein any device for observing, photographing, hearing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting images or sounds originating in that place that would not ordinarily be visible, audible or comprehensible outside that place; D. Engages in visual surveillance in a public place by means of mechanical or electronic equipment with the intent to observe or photograph, or record, amplify or broadcast an image of any portion of the body of another person present in that place when that portion of the body is in fact concealed from public view under clothing and a reasonable person would expect it to be safe from surveillance”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec511.html",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of violation of privacy if, except in the execution of a public duty or as authorized by law, that person intentionally: A. Commits a civil trespass on property with the intent to overhear or observe any person in a private place; B. Installs or uses in a private place without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy in that place, any device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting sounds or events in that place; C. Installs or uses outside a private place without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy therein any device for observing, photographing, hearing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting images or sounds originating in that place that would not ordinarily be visible, audible or comprehensible outside that place; D. Engages in visual surveillance in a public place by means of mechanical or electronic equipment with the intent to observe or photograph, or record, amplify or broadcast an image of any portion of the body of another person present in that place when that portion of the body is in fact concealed from public view under clothing and a reasonable person would expect it to be safe from surveillance",
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      "id": "learn_r402_maine_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_me_17a_511a",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: nonconsensual intimate image distribution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images is a Class D crime in Maine, covering dissemination of images of nudity or sexual acts, including synthetic or altered depictions, without consent and with intent to harass, torment, or threaten.",
      "body": "Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images is a Class D crime in Maine, covering dissemination of images of nudity or sexual acts, including synthetic or altered depictions, without consent and with intent to harass, torment, or threaten.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes an image of another person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact or an image that has been created or modified so that it appears to show the depicted person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact in a manner in which there is no public or newsworthy purpose when the person knows or should have known that the depicted person: B. Is identifiable from the image itself or information displayed in connection with the image; and C. Has not consented to the dissemination, display or publication of the image.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec511-A.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
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      "source_publisher": "Maine State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes an image of another person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact or an image that has been created or modified so that it appears to show the depicted person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact in a manner in which there is no public or newsworthy purpose when the person knows or should have known that the depicted person: B. Is identifiable from the image itself or information displayed in connection with the image; and C. Has not consented to the dissemination, display or publication of the image.",
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      "id": "learn_r402_maine_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_me_17_2911",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: obscenity",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine law prohibits the dissemination of obscene matter to minors, which is a Class D crime.",
      "body": "Maine law prohibits the dissemination of obscene matter to minors, which is a Class D crime.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of dissemination of obscene matter to minors if that person intentionally: A. Sells, furnishes, presents, exhibits or distributes to a minor obscene matter; or B. Causes a minor to be a spectator at a live performance, show or exhibit that is obscene as to a minor.”\n\nNote: Cited from Title 17, as the index for Chapter 93-A links here.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17/title17sec2911.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Maine State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of dissemination of obscene matter to minors if that person intentionally: A. Sells, furnishes, presents, exhibits or distributes to a minor obscene matter; or B. Causes a minor to be a spectator at a live performance, show or exhibit that is obscene as to a minor.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: indecent conduct",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Indecent conduct, such as engaging in a sexual act or exposing genitals in a public place under circumstances likely to cause affront or alarm, is a crime in Maine.",
      "body": "Indecent conduct, such as engaging in a sexual act or exposing genitals in a public place under circumstances likely to cause affront or alarm, is a crime in Maine.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of indecent conduct if: A. In a public place: (1) The actor engages in a sexual act, as defined in section 251. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class E crime; (2) The actor knowingly exposes the actor's genitals under circumstances that in fact are likely to cause affront or alarm. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class E crime”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Maine State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of indecent conduct if: A. In a public place: (1) The actor engages in a sexual act, as defined in section 251. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class E crime; (2) The actor knowingly exposes the actor's genitals under circumstances that in fact are likely to cause affront or alarm. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class E crime",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: right of publicity",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine has no specific statutory right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation provision.",
      "body": "Maine has no specific statutory right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation provision.\n\nWhat Maine State Legislature actually says:\n\n“List of Titles: TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ... TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION”\n\nNote: Searched the Maine Revised Statutes index for 'right of publicity'. No specific provision found. This absence is inferred from the index.",
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