Maine Code § 38-976

Logs or timber lodged on banks; forfeiture; advertisement
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Logs or other timber carried by freshets or otherwise lodged upon lands adjoining any waters are
forfeited to the owner or occupant thereof, after they have so remained for 2 years, if such lands during
that time were improved; otherwise, after 6 years; provided such owner or occupant, within one year
after the same were found so lodged, advertises, as nearly as practicable, the number of pieces of timber,

the time when lodged, together with the marks thereon and the place where found, 3 weeks successively
in some newspaper in the county, if any, otherwise in the state paper.

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