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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, “smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, regulated narcotic or other combustible substance.
2. Prohibition. Smoking is prohibited in a motor vehicle by the operator or a passenger when a minor is present in that motor vehicle, regardless of whether the motor vehicle's windows are open.
3. Prohibition on inspection or search. A motor vehicle, the contents of the motor vehicle or the operator or a passenger in the motor vehicle may not be inspected or searched solely because of a violation of this section.
4. Penalty. A person who violates subsection 2 commits a traffic infraction for which a fine of $50 must be adjudged.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A. Motor Vehicles § 2120. Smoking in vehicles when minor is present - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-29-a-motor-vehicles/me-rev-st-tit-29-a-sect-2120/
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