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23 ME Rev Stat § 3103 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 2: PRIVATE WAYS|23 §3103. Contracts for repair

 §3103. Contracts for repair The owners, at a meeting held under section 3101, may by a majority vote of the owners present and voting in person or by written proxy or absentee ballot authorize a contract to be made for making repairs to and maintaining the private road, private way or bridge by the year or for a lesser time and may raise money for that purpose pursuant to section 3101, subsection 5.   [PL 2013, c. 198, §9 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 682, §2 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 479, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 625, §3 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 198, §9 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3104 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 2: PRIVATE WAYS|23 §3104. Penalties and process

 §3104. Penalties and process Money recovered under sections 3102 and 3103 is for the use of the owners. In any notice of claim or process for the money's recovery, a description of the owners as owners of parcels of land benefited by the private road, private way or bridge by name, clearly describing each owner's parcel of land by the book and page number of the owner's deed as recorded in the county's registry of deeds and the private road, private way or bridge, is sufficient. If the private road, private way or bridge is shown on a plan recorded in the county's registry of deeds, the plan's recording reference is sufficient. Such process is not abated by the death of any owner or by the transfer of any owner's interest. Any money owed pursuant to section 3101, 3102 or 3103 is an obligation that is personal to the owners of the subject parcels, jointly or severally, and also burdens the parcel and runs with the land upon the transfer of any owner's interest. After June 30, 2018, any money owed pursuant to section 3101, 3102 or 3103 is not an obligation that burdens the parcel or runs with the land upon the transfer of any owner's interest unless a notice of claim is recorded in the county's registry of deeds prior to the transfer. A notice of claim filed in the registry of deeds expires 18 months from the date of recording unless extended prior to the expiration by recording of a notice of extension of the notice of claim. A recorded notice of claim may be extended for additional 18-month periods until the claim is paid. The commissioner or board may cause to be recorded in the county's registry of deeds a notice of claim for money owed pursuant to section 3101, 3102 or 3103 that is more than 90 days delinquent and may add to the amount owed the recording costs for filing the notice of claim. The recording of such notice does not constitute slander of title. Before recording such notice or service of process of a complaint for collection in a civil action, the commissioner or board shall give the owner against whom such action is to be taken written notice, in the same manner as written notices of meetings are provided for in section 3101, of the intended action if the debt is not paid within 20 days of the date of the written notice. This written notice to cure must be sent at least 30 days before the recording of the notice of claim or the service of process of the complaint for collection in a civil action.   [PL 2017, c. 306, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 682, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 625, §4 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 198, §10 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 306, §1 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3105 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 2: PRIVATE WAYS|23 §3105. Use of town equipment (REPEALED)

 §3105. Use of town equipment (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 239, §4 (RPR). PL 2009, c. 501, §1 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3105-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 2: PRIVATE WAYS|23 §3105-A. Use of town equipment

 §3105-A. Use of town equipment The inhabitants of any town or village corporation at a legal town or village corporation meeting may authorize the municipal officers of the town or assessors of the village corporation to use its highway equipment on private ways within such town or village corporation whenever such municipal officers or assessors consider it advisable in the best interest of the town or village corporation for fire and police protection.   [PL 2009, c. 501, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 501, §2 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3106 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 2: PRIVATE WAYS|23 §3106. Municipal assistance for purposes of protecting or restoring a great pond

 §3106. Municipal assistance for purposes of protecting or restoring a great pond 1.  Repairs to a private road.  For the purpose of protecting or restoring a great pond, as defined in Title 38, section 480‑B, subsection 5, a municipality may appropriate funds to repair a private road, way or bridge to prevent storm water runoff pollution from reaching a great pond if:   A. The private road, way or bridge is within the watershed of the great pond;   [PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW).]B. The great pond:   (1) Is listed on the Department of Environmental Protection's list of bodies of water most at risk pursuant to Title 38, section 420‑D, subsection 3;   (2) Has been listed as impaired in an integrated water quality monitoring and assessment report submitted by the Department of Environmental Protection to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, 33 United States Code, Section 1315(b) at least once since 2002; or   (3) Is identified as having threats to water quality in a completed watershed survey that uses a protocol accepted by the Department of Environmental Protection;   [PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW).]C. The Department of Environmental Protection or the municipality determines that the private road, way or bridge is contributing to the degradation of the water quality of the great pond based upon an evaluation of the road, way or bridge using a protocol accepted by the department;   [PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW).]D. The repair complies with best management practices required by the Department of Environmental Protection; and   [PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW).]E. The private road, way or bridge is maintained by a road association organized under this subchapter or Title 13-B.   [PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW).][PL 2009, c. 501, §3 (AMD).] 2.  Rules.  The Department of Environmental Protection may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.   [PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 225, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 501, §3 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3151 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 3: BRIDLE PATHS AND TRAILS|23 §3151. Bridle paths and trails; damages

 §3151. Bridle paths and trails; damages Bridle paths and trails may be laid out, altered or discontinued by any town or city within such town or city on petition therefor in the same manner as is provided by law for the laying out, altering or discontinuing of town ways in a town or city streets in a city, except that no cultivated or improved land shall be taken without the consent of the owner and a 2/3 vote shall be required for the acceptance of such paths and trails by any town. All provisions now in force as to assessment of damages and appeal therefrom in cases of laying out, altering and discontinuing town ways in towns or city streets shall apply to laying out, altering and discontinuing bridle paths and trails, except that the petitioners shall have no right of appeal.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3152 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 3: BRIDLE PATHS AND TRAILS|23 §3152. Town regulations apply

 §3152. Town regulations apply Bridle paths and trails, when laid out and accepted under section 3151, shall be subject to such regulations as to use as may be established by the city or town laying them out.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3153 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 3: BRIDLE PATHS AND TRAILS|23 §3153. No obligation to keep open in winter; bridges to be safe; signs

 §3153. No obligation to keep open in winter; bridges to be safe; signs Cities and towns maintaining bridle paths and trails mentioned in sections 3151 and 3152 shall not be under any obligation to keep them in repair or to break them out in winter. If any city or town shall erect a bridge on such bridle path or trail, it shall be under the same obligation to keep such bridge in a safe condition for the use of horses and riders as it is now under to keep highway bridges in repair for the purposes for which they are used. Such city or town shall erect at the entrance of such bridle paths and trails suitable signs, signifying that they are bridle paths or trails only, and not for use of vehicles, and that persons may use them at their own risk.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3201 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 4: SNOW REMOVAL|23 §3201. Removal required; damages

 §3201. Removal required; damages When any ways are blocked or encumbered with snow, the road commissioner shall forthwith cause so much of it to be removed or trodden down as will render them passable. The town may direct the manner of doing it. In case of sudden injury to ways or bridges, he shall without delay cause them to be repaired. All damage, accruing to a person in his business or property through neglect of such road commissioner or the municipal officers of such town to so render passable ways that are blocked or encumbered with snow, within a reasonable time, may be recovered of such town by a civil action.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3202 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 4: SNOW REMOVAL|23 §3202. Mail routes; snow fences

 §3202. Mail routes; snow fences There shall be furnished and kept in repair in each section of the town through which there is a mail route some effectual apparatus for opening ways obstructed by snow, to be used to break and keep open the way to the width of 10 feet, and the municipal officers of towns, or any road commissioner under their direction, may take down fences upon the line of public highways when they deem it necessary to prevent the drifting of snow therein, but they shall in due season be replaced, in as good condition as when taken down, without expense to the owner.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3251 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 5: DRAINAGE AND WATERCOURSES|23 §3251. Ditches, drains and culverts; control; damages

 §3251. Ditches, drains and culverts; control; damages The municipal officers of a town may at the expense of the town construct ditches, drains and culverts to carry water away from any highway or road therein, and over or through any lands of persons or corporations, when they deem it necessary for public convenience or for the proper care of such highway or road, provided no such ditch, drain or culvert shall pass under or within 20 feet of any dwelling house without the consent of the owner thereof. Such ditches, drains and culverts may be constructed under such highways or roads. Such ditches, drains or culverts shall be under the control of said municipal officers and interference therewith may be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or by both. If such town does not maintain and keep in repair such ditches, drains and culverts, the owner or occupant of the lands through or over which they pass may have his action against the town for damages thereby sustained.   Before land is so taken, notice shall be given and damages assessed and paid therefor as is provided for the location of town ways.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3253 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 5: DRAINAGE AND WATERCOURSES|23 §3253. Violations; jurisdiction (REPEALED)

 §3253. Violations; jurisdiction (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 452, §L8 (RP). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3254 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 5: DRAINAGE AND WATERCOURSES|23 §3254. Complaints

 §3254. Complaints When the attention of a municipal officer, or, for an unorganized place, a county commissioner, is directed to a violation of section 3252 within the municipal officer's or county commissioner's jurisdiction, the municipal officer or county commissioner shall enter a complaint against the offender and prosecute the violation to final judgment.   [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §9 (RPR); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 452, §L9 (RPR). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3255 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 5: DRAINAGE AND WATERCOURSES|23 §3255. Watercourses not to injure property; remedy

 §3255. Watercourses not to injure property; remedy No road commissioner, without written permission from the municipal officers, shall cause a watercourse to be so constructed by the side of a way as to incommode any person's house or other building or to obstruct anyone in the prosecution of his business. Any person so aggrieved may complain to the municipal officers, who shall view the watercourse and may cause it to be altered as they direct.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3271 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 6: BARRIERS|23 §3271. Definitions

 §3271. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words have the following meanings.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).]1.  Barrier.  "Barrier" means any wire, cable, cable wire, chain link, lumber, gate or other similar device placed or erected across a town way for the purpose of barring access to that way.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).] 2.  Town way.  "Town way" means an area or strip of land designated and held by a municipality for passage by motor vehicles.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3272 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 6: BARRIERS|23 §3272. Marked barriers

 §3272. Marked barriers The municipal officers of any municipality that erects or places a barrier across a town way shall cause the barrier to be marked in a manner that causes the barrier to be visible to a person traveling on the town way towards the barrier on a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle or similar vehicle. The officers shall cause the barrier to be marked in a manner making the barrier visible at a distance that is a reasonable stopping distance. A barrier may be marked by flags, fluorescent coloring, signs or in any other manner making the barrier visible as required in this section.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).]The municipal officers shall cause barriers marked under this section to be inspected periodically to ensure that the marking remains.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3273 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR|Subchapter 6: BARRIERS|23 §3273. Penalty

 §3273. Penalty Any person who violates section 3272 commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture not to exceed $500 may be adjudged.   [PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 75 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3301 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 1: GUIDEPOSTS|23 §3301. Guideposts at crossings

 §3301. Guideposts at crossings Towns shall erect and maintain at all crossings of highways, and where one public highway enters another, guideposts and guideboards indicating the name of the next town on the route and of such other place as the municipal officers direct, with the number of miles thereto. Such guideposts and guideboards shall be of such reasonable form, height and design as the Department of Transportation may direct; and for any neglect hereof towns are subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, to be recovered by complaint or indictment.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]The District Court shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the Superior Court. Of all fines provided for by this section, and recovered on complaint, 1/2 shall go to the prosecutor and 1/2 to the county where the town committing the offense is situated.   SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3302 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 1: GUIDEPOSTS|23 §3302. Failure to maintain; damages

 §3302. Failure to maintain; damages If the municipal officers of any town unreasonably neglect to cause a guidepost to be erected in their town as provided by law, they forfeit $5 for each month's neglect, to be recovered in a civil action by any person suing therefor. Plantations assessed in state or county taxes and their officers are under the same obligations and subject to the same penalties in these respects as towns.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3411 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 3: ABOLISHMENT OF GRADE CROSSINGS|23 §3411. Petition; damages; expenses; temporary ways (REPEALED)

 §3411. Petition; damages; expenses; temporary ways (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §13 (RPR). PL 1977, c. 112, §2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A85 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 398, §2 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3412 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 3: ABOLISHMENT OF GRADE CROSSINGS|23 §3412. Tracks of more than one railroad (REPEALED)

 §3412. Tracks of more than one railroad (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §§19,20 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 398, §2 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3413 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 3: ABOLISHMENT OF GRADE CROSSINGS|23 §3413. Order of Department of Transportation; appeals (REPEALED)

 §3413. Order of Department of Transportation; appeals (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §14 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 398, §2 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3414 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 3: ABOLISHMENT OF GRADE CROSSINGS|23 §3414. Amount paid by State or railroad corporation limited (REPEALED)

 §3414. Amount paid by State or railroad corporation limited (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 89 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 593, §19 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 380, §B6 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A86 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3451 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 4: REMOVAL OF BARS, FENCES OR OBSTRUCTIONS|23 §3451. Gates, bars and fences; removal permitted

 §3451. Gates, bars and fences; removal permitted Any person may take down and remove gates, bars or fences upon or across any highway or town way, unless they are there to prevent the spread of infectious disease or were placed there by license of the county commissioners or municipal officers of the town. To those granting such license, a person aggrieved by such removal may apply and, on proof that such erections were made by their license, they may order them to be replaced by the person who removed them.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3452 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 4: REMOVAL OF BARS, FENCES OR OBSTRUCTIONS|23 §3452. Removal of obstructions

 §3452. Removal of obstructions When logs, lumber or other obstructions without necessity are left on such ways described in section 3451, any road commissioner or municipal officer may remove them, and he shall not be liable for loss or damage thereof unless occasioned by design or gross negligence. When no one appears to pay the expense and trouble of removal, he may sell at public auction so much thereof as is sufficient for the purpose, with charges of sale, posting notice of the time and place of sale in 2 public places in the town 7 days prior thereto. The person through whose neglect or willful default they were left may be prosecuted as for a nuisance.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3453 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 4: REMOVAL OF BARS, FENCES OR OBSTRUCTIONS|23 §3453. Nuisances; payment of prosecution expense

 §3453. Nuisances; payment of prosecution expense When anything has been adjudged to be a nuisance and to be abated under section 3452, and the materials of which it is composed do not on sale produce sufficient to pay the charges of prosecution, removal and sale, the court may order the deficiency to be raised by levy on the personal property of the person convicted of causing such nuisance.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3454 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 4: REMOVAL OF BARS, FENCES OR OBSTRUCTIONS|23 §3454. Trees near railroad crossings (REPEALED)

 §3454. Trees near railroad crossings (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 398, §3 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3551 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 1: APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES|23 §3551. Raising of money

 §3551. Raising of money Towns shall annually raise money to be expended on town ways and highways and for the repair of bridges, and the same shall be assessed and collected as other town taxes and expended for said purposes by a road commissioner or commissioners.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3552 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 1: APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES|23 §3552. Expenditures to be spaced (REPEALED)

 §3552. Expenditures to be spaced (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 290 (RP).