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23 §6005. Limitation of right to enter or take land

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ME Code › Title 23 › Part 7 › Chapter 607 › Section 6005

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The land taken shall not be entered upon, except to make surveys, before the location has been filed and the damages estimated and secured as provided. No railroad corporation may take, without consent of the owners, meetinghouses, dwelling houses or public or private burying grounds. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

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