Maine legal term
Law enforcement agency in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Law enforcement agency” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Maine criminal code.
What does “Law enforcement agency” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Law enforcement agency" has the same meaning as in Title 25, section 3701, subsection 1. (17-A M.R.S. § 18)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated criminal mischief
- Creating police standoff
- Criminal mischief
- Deceptive insurance practices
- Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
- Negotiating a worthless instrument
- Obstructing report of crime or injury
- Protective orders in crimes between family members
- Standards for release for crime bailable as of right preconviction
- Subject property
- Summons and Complaint
- Violation
Related terms in the same statutes
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