| 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 person whose exercise or enjoyment |
| of these rights has been interfered with, or attempted to be |
| interfered with, may institute and prosecute in that person's own |
| name and on that person's own behalf a civil action for legal or |
| equitable relief. This action must be 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. |
