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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, § 2103: Lost or unrecorded boundaries, 1971

If a highway survey was not properly recorded or preserved, or the road’s termination and boundaries cannot be determined, municipal select boards or officers may use a 1 1/2-rod strip on each side of the traveled way…

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“If a highway survey was not properly recorded or preserved, or the road’s termination and boundaries cannot be determined, municipal select boards or officers may use a 1 1/2-rod strip on each side of the traveled way for highway purposes.”

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Lost or unrecorded boundaries

If a highway survey was not properly recorded or preserved, or the road’s termination and boundaries cannot be determined, municipal select boards or officers may use a 1 1/2-rod strip on each side of the traveled way for highway purposes.

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§ 2103Lost or unrecorded boundariesProvision

If a highway survey was not properly recorded or preserved, or the road’s termination and boundaries cannot be determined, municipal select boards or officers may use a 1 1/2-rod strip on each side of the traveled way for highway purposes.

When a highway survey has not been properly recorded or preserved or the termination and boundaries cannot be ascertained, the select board or municipal officers of any municipality may use and control for highway purposes 1 1/2 rods on each side of the center of the traveled portion of such way. [PL 2021, c. 275, §7 (AMD).] When any real estate is damaged by the use and control for highway purposes of such land outside the existing improved portion and within the limits of 1 1/2 rods on each side of the center of the traveled portion, they shall award damages to the owner as provided in section 3029. [PL 2015, c. 494, Pt. A, §27 (AMD).]
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