Hidden camera laws in Maine
The actual statute, in plain English — not a paraphrase of a paraphrase.
The statute
17-A M.R.S. § 511 (Violation of Privacy)
What it prohibits
Maine bans installing or using a device inside a "private place" — changing rooms, bathrooms, and similar spaces where a person may reasonably expect to be safe from surveillance — to observe, photograph, record, or broadcast without the consent of the person entitled to privacy there. Also covers trespass-based surveillance, exterior surveillance capturing what wouldn’t ordinarily be visible, and public-place "upskirt" recording.
Penalty
Class D crime for the base offense; enhanced where the victim is under 16 or the conduct is sexually motivated against a victim under 16.
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