| Whenever any person, whether or not acting under color of law, |
| intentionally interferes or attempts to intentionally interfere |
| by physical force or violence against a person, damage or |
| destruction of property or trespass on property or by the threat |
| of physical force or violence against a person, damage or |
| destruction of property or trespass on property with the exercise |
| or enjoyment by any other person of rights secured by the United |
| States Constitution or the laws of the United States or of rights |
| secured by the Constitution of Maine or laws of the State or |
| violates section 4684-B, the Attorney General may bring a civil |
| action for injunctive or other appropriate equitable relief in |
| order to protect the peaceable exercise or enjoyment of the |
| rights secured. Each violation of this section is a civil |
| violation for which a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for |
| each defendant may be adjudged. These penalties must be applied |
| by the Attorney General in carrying out this chapter. The civil |
| action must be brought in the name of the State and instituted in |
| the Superior Court for the county where the alleged violator |
| resides or has a principal place of business or where the alleged |
| violation occurred. There is a right to trial by jury in any |
| action brought under this section. A person who knowingly |
| violates a temporary restraining order or preliminary or |
| permanent injunction issued under this section commits a Class D |
| crime. Each temporary restraining order or preliminary or |
| permanent injunction issued under this section must include a |
| statement describing the penalties provided in this section for a |
| knowing violation of the order or injunction. The clerk of the |
| Superior Court shall transmit one certified copy of each order or |
| injunction issued under this section to the appropriate law |
| enforcement agency having jurisdiction over locations where the |
| defendant is alleged to have committed the act giving rise to the |
| action, and service of the order or injunction must be |
| accomplished pursuant to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. |
| Unless otherwise ordered by the court, service must be made by |
| the delivery of a copy in hand to the defendant. |
