Uniform Flag Law
Maine · Seal, Motto, Emblems and Flags · §§ 251 to 256 · 7 sections
Overview
The Uniform Flag Law governs the treatment of the flag, setting out what qualifies as a flag for purposes of the act and regulating how it may be displayed. Its core prohibitions target desecration and mutilation, backed by defined exceptions that place certain uses outside the act's reach. A closing construction provision guides how its terms are to be applied.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 491 U.S. 397 - Texas v. Johnson
Sections covered
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 251Short title
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 252Definitions
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 252-ADisplay
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 253Desecration
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 254Mutilation2 cites
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 255Exceptions
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 256Interpretation
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