ABSTRACT
Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) governs a vast and varied geography with over several unincorporated townships, organized towns and coastal islands, lands commonly referred to as the 'unorganized territories'. When the Federal Congress issued Maine a grant of independence as a State, a significant amount of the public land remained in common ownership between the two states, leading to no small amount of friction over its improvement and method of disposition. Municipal law in Maine provides for four categories of municipality - city, town,: ownship, and plantation. There are no cities, generally administered by a professional: own manager and board of selectmen, within LURC jurisdiction. Land tenure in Maine includes a surprising number of lots leased to individuals and commercial guides for hunting and fishing cabins. There are several thousand recreational lease-lotsheld by a number of the large landowners and the State.
