The ownership of the waters and submerged lands enumerated or described in section 2 shall be in this State unless it shall be, with respect to any given parcel or area, in any other person or entity by virtue of a valid and effective instrument of conveyance or by operation of law. <div
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 3
Ownership of offshore waters and submerged land
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