Maine Revised Statutes Title 33. Property § 459. Easements and rights-of-way; installation of docks

A. “Dock” means a platform used for access to a water body or to secure, protect and provide access to a boat or ship. The platform may extend from a shore over the water body or may be a floating platform attached to a mooring.

B. “Easement or right-of-way” means the right of a person to pass over the land of another person.

C. “Water body” means all inland and coastal waters, including but not limited to all ponds, great ponds, lakes, rivers, streams and coastal waters.

A. The easement or right-of-way is originally established in a written instrument executed on or after January 1, 2018; and

B. The instrument granting or reserving the easement or right-of-way does not expressly include the right to construct a dock on the easement or right-of-way or the right to use the easement or right-of-way to facilitate the construction of a dock on the water body.