A county or municipality may not adopt a regulation or ordinance that prohibits a person from keeping chickens on that person's residential property. For purposes of this section, "chicken" means a female domesticated bird that is raised for meat or eggs and does not include a fully mature domesticated male chicken. This section may not be construed to limit the home rule authority of a municipality.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 7, § 219-D
Keeping chickens on residential property
PL 2025, c. 174, §1 (NEW).
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