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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
1. Equipment. A truck with a dump body must be equipped with a positive means of support, permanently attached and capable of being locked in position to prevent lowering of the body while being maintained, inspected or repaired or while the truck is unattended.
2. Required. A truck dump body must be either fully lowered, locked by means of equipment required in subsection 1 or physically blocked from lowering while being maintained, inspected or repaired or while the truck is unattended.
3. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A. Motor Vehicles § 1954. Dump body support - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-29-a-motor-vehicles/me-rev-st-tit-29-a-sect-1954/
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