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§2438
Title 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Part 6: FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE PROTECTION
Chapter 317: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND RESTRICTIONS
§2440

§2439. Common law remedy preserved

The common law right to an action for damages done by fires is not taken away or diminished and it may be pursued notwithstanding the penalties set forth in chapters 313 to 321.   [PL 1979, c. 663, §153 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 622, §83 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 541, §A166 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 545, §4 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 663, §153 (RPR).
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