Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code § 3. All crimes defined by statute; civil actions

1. No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is prohibited

2. This code does not bar, suspend, or otherwise affect any right or liability for damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or enforced in a civil action, regardless of whether the conduct involved in such civil action constitutes an offense defined in this code.