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Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code § 502. Failure to disperse

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. When 6 or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse.

2. A person is guilty of failure to disperse if the person knowingly fails to comply with an order made pursuant to subsection 1 and:

A. The person is a participant in the course of disorderly conduct. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or

B. The person is in the immediate vicinity of the disorderly conduct. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime.

3. Repealed. Laws 2001, c. 383, § 64, eff. Jan. 31, 2003.

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