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All 1,424 sections of the criminal code, organized by title and chapter. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Title 15: Court Procedure — Criminal
Chapter 1: Jurisdiction and Venue
- 15 M.R.S. § 1 — Superior Court; criminal jurisdiction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2 — Death and injury separated by state line
- 15 M.R.S. § 3 — Offenses near county line or in 2 counties
- 15 M.R.S. § 4 — County lines terminating at or near tidewaters; course
- 15 M.R.S. § 5 — Warrants for offenses at or near tidewaters; authority of officers
- 15 M.R.S. § 6 — Acquittal in part; conviction in part
- 15 M.R.S. § 7 — Removal of persons charged with crime in 2 counties
- 15 M.R.S. § 8 — Duties of officer holding prisoner or holding court's order of removal
Chapter 3: Search Warrants
- 15 M.R.S. § 51 — Issuance
- 15 M.R.S. § 52 — Complaint
- 15 M.R.S. § 53 — Contents of warrant
- 15 M.R.S. § 54 — Search of dwelling house
- 15 M.R.S. § 55 — Search warrants; issuance by justice, judge or justice of the peace
- 15 M.R.S. § 56 — Service of criminal process on providers of electronic communication service or providers of remote computing service
- 15 M.R.S. § 57 — Restriction on no-knock warrants; requirements for no-knock warrants
Chapter 5: Mental Responsibility for Criminal Conduct
- 15 M.R.S. § 101 — Mental examination and observation of persons accused of crime
- 15 M.R.S. § 101-A — Access to records by persons or entities performing examinations or evaluations
- 15 M.R.S. § 101-B — Mental examination and observation of persons accused of crime
- 15 M.R.S. § 101-C — Access to records by persons or entities performing examinations or evaluations
- 15 M.R.S. § 101-D — Mental examination of persons accused of crime
- 15 M.R.S. § 102 — No responsibility for criminal act produced by mental disease or defect
- 15 M.R.S. § 103 — Commitment following acceptance of negotiated insanity plea or following verdict or finding of insanity
- 15 M.R.S. § 103-A — Commitment affected by certain sentences
- 15 M.R.S. § 104 — Release and discharge, hearing, payment of fees
- 15 M.R.S. § 104-A — Release and discharge, hearing, payment of fees
- 15 M.R.S. § 104-B — Failure of patient to return
- 15 M.R.S. § 105 — Authority to receive persons for observation committed by the United States District Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 106 — Involuntary medication of incompetent defendant
- 15 M.R.S. § 107 — Involuntary medication of patient
- 15 M.R.S. § 108 — Court-ordered independent examinations
- 15 M.R.S. § 109 — Committee for the oversight of patient human rights
Chapter 7: Fresh Pursuit
Chapter 9: Criminal Extradition
Subchapter 1: Issuance of Governor's Warrant
- 15 M.R.S. § 201 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 202 — Governor to deliver up person charged with crime in other state
- 15 M.R.S. § 203 — Form of demand
- 15 M.R.S. § 204 — Attorney General to investigate at demand of Governor
- 15 M.R.S. § 205 — Extradition of prisoners or those awaiting trial or absent by compulsion
- 15 M.R.S. § 206 — Extradition of those not present at time of commission of crime
- 15 M.R.S. § 207 — Governor to issue warrant and deliver to officer
Subchapter 2: Proceedings After Issuance of Governor's Warrant
- 15 M.R.S. § 208 — Warrant to authorize arrest
- 15 M.R.S. § 209 — Arresting officer may command assistance
- 15 M.R.S. § 210 — Rights of accused person; habeas corpus
- 15 M.R.S. § 210-A — Procedure at hearing
- 15 M.R.S. § 210-B — Review of final judgment by Law Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 211 — Disobedience of officer
- 15 M.R.S. § 212 — Prisoner confined in jail
Subchapter 3: Arrest and Proceedings Prior to Issuance of Governor's Warrant
- 15 M.R.S. § 213 — Arrest prior to requisition
- 15 M.R.S. § 214 — Arrest without warrant; hearing
- 15 M.R.S. § 215 — Commitment to await requisition
- 15 M.R.S. § 216 — Bail permitted in discretion of court except in certain cases
- 15 M.R.S. § 217 — Extension of time of commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 218 — Failure to appear
Subchapter 4: Application; Miscellaneous Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 219 — Governor may surrender or hold prisoner where proceedings begun in this State
- 15 M.R.S. § 220 — Guilt or innocence not inquired into after extradition demanded
- 15 M.R.S. § 221 — Warrant for arrest recalled or another issued
- 15 M.R.S. § 222 — Warrant for agent to receive accused from another state
- 15 M.R.S. § 223 — Application for issuance of requisition
- 15 M.R.S. § 224 — Expenses paid on rendition of prisoners
- 15 M.R.S. § 224-A — Extradition and Prosecution Expenses Account
- 15 M.R.S. § 225 — Extradited persons except from civil process
- 15 M.R.S. § 226 — Waiver of extradition
- 15 M.R.S. § 226-A — Delivery of fugitive to agents
- 15 M.R.S. § 227 — Non-waiver by this State
- 15 M.R.S. § 228 — Trial for crimes other than specified
- 15 M.R.S. § 229 — Title
Chapter 11: Security to Keep the Peace
- 15 M.R.S. § 281 — Power of courts to keep the peace; security required
- 15 M.R.S. § 282 — Complaint that offense threatened
- 15 M.R.S. § 283 — Complaint not sustained; frivolous or malicious
- 15 M.R.S. § 284 — Sureties to keep peace; costs; binding over
- 15 M.R.S. § 285 — Discharge on compliance; commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 286 — Appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 287 — Failure to prosecute appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 288 — Recognizance after commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 289 — Recognizance returned to court; penalty remitted
- 15 M.R.S. § 290 — Sureties may surrender principals; new recognizances
- 15 M.R.S. § 291 — Judge on view; sureties without formal complaint
- 15 M.R.S. § 292 — Persons going armed without reasonable cause
Chapter 12: Protective Orders
Chapter 12A: Crimes Between Family Members
Chapter 13: Accessories
Chapter 15: Possession of Firearms by Prohibited Persons
Chapter 17: Miscellaneous Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 451 — Felony defined
- 15 M.R.S. § 452 — Limitations on prosecution
- 15 M.R.S. § 453 — Detention at State Prison of dangerous persons
- 15 M.R.S. § 454 — Murder or felony murder; filing copies of proceedings; expenses
- 15 M.R.S. § 455 — Record of sales of firearms
- 15 M.R.S. § 455-A — Warning requirement upon sales of firearms
- 15 M.R.S. § 456 — Records of sales of used merchandise
- 15 M.R.S. § 457 — Open pretrial criminal proceeding
- 15 M.R.S. § 458 — Appearance of counsel by remote methods
Chapter 99: Arrest Warrants
- 15 M.R.S. § 601 — Applicability
- 15 M.R.S. § 602 — Responsibility to execute arrest warrants
- 15 M.R.S. § 603 — Warrant repository
- 15 M.R.S. § 604 — Criteria for selection of arrest warrant repository
- 15 M.R.S. § 605 — Standards by Attorney General
- 15 M.R.S. § 606 — Responsibility of court
- 15 M.R.S. § 607 — Rulemaking
- 15 M.R.S. § 608 — Bail commissioners in indigent cases
Chapter 100: Warrants
Chapter 101: Issue of Process and Arrest
- 15 M.R.S. § 701 — Criminal prosecutions by indictment; excepted cases
- 15 M.R.S. § 702 — Justices, judges and justices of the peace may issue processes
- 15 M.R.S. § 703 — Officer's oath to complaint
- 15 M.R.S. § 704 — Arrests without warrant; liability
- 15 M.R.S. § 705 — Arrests in other counties
- 15 M.R.S. § 706 — District Court; warrants
- 15 M.R.S. § 707 — Certain District Court clerks may issue process
- 15 M.R.S. § 708 — Preparation of complaints
Chapter 102: Interception of Wire and Oral Communications
Chapter 103: Complaints
- 15 M.R.S. § 751 — Sufficiency of indictment for murder or manslaughter
- 15 M.R.S. § 752 — Owner of property as used in indictment
- 15 M.R.S. § 753 — General allegation of intent to defraud sufficient
- 15 M.R.S. § 754 — Variance; amendments
- 15 M.R.S. § 755 — Complaints and indictments not quashed for technicalities nor unimportant defects in venires
- 15 M.R.S. § 756 — Recitation of ordinance or bylaws
- 15 M.R.S. § 757 — Allegation of prior conviction when sentenced enhanced; procedure
Chapter 105: Examination, Arraignment and Recognizance
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 801 — Examination of persons arrested
- 15 M.R.S. § 802 — Discharge on recognizance in county of arrest
- 15 M.R.S. § 803 — Adjournment of examination on recognizance or commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 804 — Failure to appear
- 15 M.R.S. § 805 — Scope of examination
- 15 M.R.S. § 806 — Complaint adjudged frivolous or malicious; appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 807 — Prisoner not asked how to be tried; dilatory pleas verified
- 15 M.R.S. § 808 — Prisoners; bail or discharge if no indictment
- 15 M.R.S. § 809 — Standing mute
- 15 M.R.S. § 810 — Copy of indictment furnished; assignment of counsel
- 15 M.R.S. § 811 — Waiver of indictment; petition; information; notification of rights; additional charges; arraignment in vacation
- 15 M.R.S. § 812 — Negotiated pleas
- 15 M.R.S. § 813 — State's attorney present at certain proceedings
- 15 M.R.S. § 814 — Opportunity for State to present relevant information
- 15 M.R.S. § 815 — Communication between prosecutor and unrepresented defendant in criminal prosecutions
Subchapter 2: Commitment or Binding Over
- 15 M.R.S. § 851 — Sureties to make statement of property
- 15 M.R.S. § 852 — Responsibility of sureties
- 15 M.R.S. § 853 — Judge to recognize material witnesses, or commit them
- 15 M.R.S. § 854 — Recognizance for minor
- 15 M.R.S. § 855 — Bail after commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 856 — Return of examinations and recognizances
Subchapter 3: Dismissal
Subchapter 4: Remedies on Default; Discharge of Bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 931 — Forfeiture of bail; enforcement
- 15 M.R.S. § 932 — Bail exonerated by surrender before default upon recognizance
- 15 M.R.S. § 933 — Court may remit penalty; sureties may surrender principal in court
- 15 M.R.S. § 934 — Liquor cases excepted
- 15 M.R.S. § 935 — Action on any recognizance dismissed
- 15 M.R.S. § 936 — Unessential omissions and defects in recognizances not fatal
- 15 M.R.S. § 937 — Personal recognizance and cash bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 938 — Surrender before default
- 15 M.R.S. § 939 — Court may order deposit forfeited
- 15 M.R.S. § 940 — Surrender after default
- 15 M.R.S. § 941 — Private claims paid out of forfeited bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 942 — Release on personal recognizance or bond
Chapter 105A: Maine Bail Code
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
Subchapter 2: Preconviction Bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1021 — Superior Court and Supreme Judicial Court Justices
- 15 M.R.S. § 1022 — District Court Judges
- 15 M.R.S. § 1023 — Bail commissioners
- 15 M.R.S. § 1024 — Clerks of court
- 15 M.R.S. § 1025 — Law enforcement officers
- 15 M.R.S. § 1025-A — County jail employees
- 15 M.R.S. § 1026 — Standards for release for crime bailable as of right preconviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 1027 — Standards for release for formerly capital offenses
- 15 M.R.S. § 1028 — De novo determination of bail under section 1026
- 15 M.R.S. § 1028-A — De novo determination of bail set by a justice or judge acting under section 1026
- 15 M.R.S. § 1029 — Review of bail under section 1027
- 15 M.R.S. § 1030 — State's attorney present at certain proceedings; opportunity to present relevant information
- 15 M.R.S. § 1031 — Bail if no indictment
Subchapter 3: Post-conviction Bail
Subchapter 4: Sureties and Other Forms of Bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1071 — Sureties to make statement of property
- 15 M.R.S. § 1072 — Responsibility of sureties
- 15 M.R.S. § 1072-A — Advising the surety
- 15 M.R.S. § 1073 — Termination of surety or cash bail agreement
- 15 M.R.S. § 1073-A — Precondition to forfeiture of cash or other property of surety if a defendant violates a condition of release; notice
- 15 M.R.S. § 1074 — Property of defendant and 3rd parties as bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1075 — Attorney not to act as surety or deposit cash bail for client
Subchapter 5: Enforcement
- 15 M.R.S. § 1091 — Failure to appear; penalty
- 15 M.R.S. § 1091-A — Failure to report
- 15 M.R.S. § 1092 — Violation of condition of release
- 15 M.R.S. § 1093 — Revocation of preconviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1094 — Forfeiture of bail; enforcement
- 15 M.R.S. § 1094-A — Improper contact after bail has been revoked and denied
- 15 M.R.S. § 1094-B — Improper contact with a family or household member prior to the setting of preconviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1094-C — Improper contact with alleged murder victim's family or household member
- 15 M.R.S. § 1095 — Proceedings for revocation of preconviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1096 — Grounds for revocation of preconviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1097 — Disposition after revocation of preconviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1098 — Proceedings for revocation of post-conviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1099 — Grounds for revocation of post-conviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1099-A — Disposition after revocation of post-conviction bail
Subchapter 6: Miscellaneous
Chapter 107: Custody and Examination of Sexually Explicit Material
Chapter 201: General Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1201 — Power of court unaffected by existence or expiration of term
- 15 M.R.S. § 1202 — Postponement or continuance
- 15 M.R.S. § 1203 — Trial to proceed when dilatory pleas overruled
- 15 M.R.S. § 1204 — Respondent present at felony trial; otherwise excused
- 15 M.R.S. § 1205 — Certain out-of-court statements made by minors or persons with developmental disabilities describing sexual contact
Chapter 203: Juries
- 15 M.R.S. § 1251 — List of grand jurors
- 15 M.R.S. § 1252 — Oaths
- 15 M.R.S. § 1253 — Affirmations
- 15 M.R.S. § 1254 — Juror's oath or affirmation in cases punishable by imprisonment
- 15 M.R.S. § 1255 — Foreman
- 15 M.R.S. § 1255-A — Grand jury territorial authority to indict for crimes
- 15 M.R.S. § 1256 — Grand jury to present all crimes
- 15 M.R.S. § 1257 — Disclosures improper
- 15 M.R.S. § 1258 — Juries for criminal offenses; challenges
- 15 M.R.S. § 1258-A — Voir dire
- 15 M.R.S. § 1259 — Challenges for cause
- 15 M.R.S. § 1260 — View by jury
Chapter 205: Witnesses
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1311 — Recognizance of witnesses
- 15 M.R.S. § 1312 — No fees to state witnesses
- 15 M.R.S. § 1313 — Punishment of state witness for nonattendance
- 15 M.R.S. § 1314 — No witness fees until 2nd or 3rd day in continued cases
- 15 M.R.S. § 1314-A — Compelling evidence in criminal or juvenile proceedings; immunity
- 15 M.R.S. § 1315 — Self-incrimination; failure to testify; spouse as witness
- 15 M.R.S. § 1316 — Depositions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1317 — List of witnesses
- 15 M.R.S. § 1318 — Prosecuting attorneys
- 15 M.R.S. § 1319 — Authorization of payments by a prosecuting attorney
- 15 M.R.S. § 1320 — Authorization of payment of witness fees of state witnesses in criminal prosecutions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1321 — Child witnesses in certain sex crime cases
Subchapter 2: Costs and Fees
Subchapter 3: Out-of-state Witnesses
Subchapter 4: Prisoners As Witnesses
- 15 M.R.S. § 1461 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1462 — Summons to testify in another state
- 15 M.R.S. § 1463 — Court order
- 15 M.R.S. § 1464 — Terms and conditions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1465 — Exceptions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1466 — Summon to testify in this State
- 15 M.R.S. § 1467 — Compliance
- 15 M.R.S. § 1468 — Exemption from arrest and service of process
- 15 M.R.S. § 1469 — Uniformity of interpretation
- 15 M.R.S. § 1470 — Short title
- 15 M.R.S. § 1471 — Severability clause
Chapter 301: Sentences
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1701 — Effect of bail following conviction and commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 1701-A — Credit for confinement prior to sentencing
- 15 M.R.S. § 1701-B — Post-conviction bail
- 15 M.R.S. § 1702 — No punishment until conviction; costs
- 15 M.R.S. § 1702-A — Fingerprints required on certain sentences
- 15 M.R.S. § 1703 — State Prison sentence; imprisonment for misdemeanor
- 15 M.R.S. § 1704 — Commitment in county where convicted
- 15 M.R.S. § 1705 — Expenses of prisoners from other counties
- 15 M.R.S. § 1706 — Sureties to keep peace for misdemeanor
- 15 M.R.S. § 1707 — Record to designated facility
- 15 M.R.S. § 1708 — Error in sentence
- 15 M.R.S. § 1709 — Motion for new trial; newly discovered evidence
- 15 M.R.S. § 1710 — Transfer of persons under sentence to county jails for rehabilitative reasons
Subchapter 2: Penalties and Duration of Term
Subchapter 3: Work-jail Sentences
Subchapter 4: Execution of Sentence
Chapter 303: Fines and Costs
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 1901 — Respondent not to be sentenced to pay costs of court as such
- 15 M.R.S. § 1902 — Fines, forfeitures and criminal costs paid to State
- 15 M.R.S. § 1903 — Fines and forfeitures recovered by indictment unless otherwise provided
- 15 M.R.S. § 1904 — Inability to pay fine and costs; liberation
Subchapter 2: Clerks of Court
Subchapter 3: Sheriffs and Other Officers
Subchapter 4: County Treasurers
Subchapter 5: District Attorneys
Chapter 305: Appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 2111 — Appeals from the District Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 2112 — Failure to prosecute appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 2113 — Withdrawal of appeal; fees of jailer
- 15 M.R.S. § 2114 — Defendant may make election of trial
- 15 M.R.S. § 2115 — Appeals from the Superior Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 2115-A — Appeals by the State
- 15 M.R.S. § 2115-B — Appeal by aggrieved contemnor
- 15 M.R.S. § 2116 — Court action after federal court has acted
- 15 M.R.S. § 2117 — Objections in criminal cases
Chapter 305A: Post-conviction Review
- 15 M.R.S. § 2121 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 2122 — Purpose
- 15 M.R.S. § 2123 — Jurisdiction and venue
- 15 M.R.S. § 2123-A — Method of review for administrative actions not included in the definition of "post-sentencing proceeding"
- 15 M.R.S. § 2124 — Jurisdictional prerequisites of restraint or impediment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2125 — Ground for relief
- 15 M.R.S. § 2126 — Exhaustion
- 15 M.R.S. § 2127 — Mootness
- 15 M.R.S. § 2128 — Waiver of grounds for relief
- 15 M.R.S. § 2128-A — Exceptions to waiver
- 15 M.R.S. § 2128-B — Time for filing
- 15 M.R.S. § 2129 — Petition and procedure
- 15 M.R.S. § 2130 — Relief
- 15 M.R.S. § 2131 — Review of final judgment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2132 — Applicability
Chapter 305B: Post-judgment Conviction Motion for DNA Analysis
Chapter 306: Appellate Review of Certain Sentences
- 15 M.R.S. § 2141 — Appellate division of the Supreme Judicial Court for review of certain sentences
- 15 M.R.S. § 2142 — Procedure for appeal; hearing and determination
- 15 M.R.S. § 2143 — Notice of dismissal of appeal; procedure on amendment of judgment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2144 — Duty of clerk when appeal heard in another county
Chapter 306A: Supreme Judicial Court Sentence Review
- 15 M.R.S. § 2151 — Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences
- 15 M.R.S. § 2152 — Sentence Review Panel of the Supreme Judicial Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 2153 — Procedure for application
- 15 M.R.S. § 2154 — Purposes of sentence review by Supreme Judicial Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 2155 — Factors to be considered by Supreme Judicial Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 2156 — Relief
- 15 M.R.S. § 2157 — Sentence not stayed nor bail authorized for sentence appeal
Chapter 307: Pardons and Commutation of Sentences
- 15 M.R.S. § 2161 — Notice to district attorney and Attorney General of all petitions for pardon or commutation
- 15 M.R.S. § 2161-A — Expungement of records
- 15 M.R.S. § 2162 — Commutation to jail
- 15 M.R.S. § 2163 — Conditional pardons by Governor
- 15 M.R.S. § 2164 — Violations of conditions; rearrest
- 15 M.R.S. § 2165 — Remand to prison on finding of violation
- 15 M.R.S. § 2166 — Return of warrant for pardon or commutation
- 15 M.R.S. § 2167 — References to pardoned crime deleted from Federal Bureau of Investigation's identification record
Chapter 308: Post-judgment Motion When Person's Identity Has Been Stolen and Used in a Criminal, Civil Violation or Traffic Infraction Proceeding
Chapter 309: Commitment of Mentally Ill Prisoners
- 15 M.R.S. § 2211 — Convict or person detained alleged to be mentally ill; prehearing procedure
- 15 M.R.S. § 2211-A — Persons confined; hospitalization for mental illness
- 15 M.R.S. § 2212 — Procedure at hearing
- 15 M.R.S. § 2213 — Recovery before expiration of sentence
- 15 M.R.S. § 2214 — Costs and expenses; attorney's and physician's compensation
- 15 M.R.S. § 2215 — Commitment of inmates of jails and persons under indictment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2216 — District Court Judge may hold court in towns where prisons or jails are located
- 15 M.R.S. § 2217 — Commitment when motion for sentence is made; proceedings if insane at expiration of term; support
- 15 M.R.S. § 2217-A — Support in a state mental hospital of persons admitted from county jails
- 15 M.R.S. § 2218 — Transportation of women
Chapter 310: Post-judgment Motion by Person Seeking to Satisfy the Prerequisites for Obtaining Special Restrictions on Dissemination and Use of Criminal History Record Information for Certain Criminal Convictions
- 15 M.R.S. § 2251 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 2252 — Statutory prerequisites for obtaining special restrictions on dissemination and use of criminal history record information for a criminal conviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2253 — Motion; persons who may file
- 15 M.R.S. § 2254 — Motion and hearing; process
- 15 M.R.S. § 2255 — Special restrictions on dissemination and use of criminal history record information relating to criminal conviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2256 — Limited disclosure of eligible criminal conviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2257 — Unlawful dissemination
- 15 M.R.S. § 2258 — Review of determination of eligibility; review of determination of subsequent criminal conviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2259 — Repeal
Chapter 310A: Post-judgment Motion to Seal Criminal History Record
- 15 M.R.S. § 2261 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 2262 — Statutory prerequisites for sealing criminal history record information
- 15 M.R.S. § 2262-A — Special statutory prerequisites for sealing criminal history record information related to engaging in prostitution
- 15 M.R.S. § 2263 — Motion; persons who may file
- 15 M.R.S. § 2264 — Motion and hearing; process
- 15 M.R.S. § 2265 — Special restrictions on dissemination and use of criminal history record information
- 15 M.R.S. § 2266 — Limited disclosure of eligible criminal conviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2267 — Review of determination of eligibility; review of determination of subsequent criminal conviction
- 15 M.R.S. § 2268 — Eligible criminal conviction sealed under former chapter 310
- 15 M.R.S. § 2269 — Violation
Chapter 311: Interstate Compact on the Mentally Disordered Offender
- 15 M.R.S. § 2301 — Short title
- 15 M.R.S. § 2302 — Purpose and policy -- Article I
- 15 M.R.S. § 2303 — Definitions -- Article II
- 15 M.R.S. § 2304 — Contracts -- Article III
- 15 M.R.S. § 2305 — Procedure and rights -- Article IV
- 15 M.R.S. § 2306 — Disposition of charges -- Article V
- 15 M.R.S. § 2307 — Acts not reviewable in receiving state; return -- Article VI
- 15 M.R.S. § 2308 — Federal aid -- Article VII
- 15 M.R.S. § 2309 — Entry into force -- Article VIII
- 15 M.R.S. § 2310 — Withdrawal and termination -- Article IX
- 15 M.R.S. § 2311 — Other arrangements unaffected -- Article X
- 15 M.R.S. § 2312 — Construction and severability -- Article XI
- 15 M.R.S. § 2313 — Contracts authorized
Chapter 401: General Provisions
Chapter 403: Jurisdiction
Chapter 405: Proceedings and Adjudication
- 15 M.R.S. § 2601 — Initiation of proceeding against juveniles
- 15 M.R.S. § 2602 — Petition
- 15 M.R.S. § 2602-A — Juvenile court intake workers
- 15 M.R.S. § 2603 — Citation
- 15 M.R.S. § 2604 — Warrant
- 15 M.R.S. § 2605 — Service
- 15 M.R.S. § 2606 — Record
- 15 M.R.S. § 2607 — Notice when juvenile arrested
- 15 M.R.S. § 2608 — Custody pending disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 2609 — Hearings in juvenile courts
- 15 M.R.S. § 2610 — Procedure in juvenile courts
- 15 M.R.S. § 2611 — Juvenile court's powers of disposition
Chapter 407: Appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 2661 — Review or appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 2662 — Record on appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 2663 — Custody or detention pending appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 2664 — Hearings on appeal in Superior Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 2665 — Disposition of appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 2666 — Superior Court appeal record
- 15 M.R.S. § 2667 — Appeals to law court
Chapter 409: Maine Youth Center
- 15 M.R.S. § 2711 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 2712 — Establishment; location; personnel
- 15 M.R.S. § 2713 — Confinement; federal law
- 15 M.R.S. § 2714 — Commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2715 — Certification by committing judge
- 15 M.R.S. § 2716 — Guardianship; entrustment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2717 — Incorrigibles; transfers to correction centers; return
- 15 M.R.S. § 2718 — Discharge
- 15 M.R.S. § 2719 — Offenses while under commitment
- 15 M.R.S. § 2720 — Use of seclusion
Chapter 501: General Provisions
- 15 M.R.S. § 3001 — Title
- 15 M.R.S. § 3002 — Purposes and construction
- 15 M.R.S. § 3003 — Definitions
- 15 M.R.S. § 3004 — Severability
- 15 M.R.S. § 3005 — Forms, other than court forms, reporting formats, and other standardized written materials
- 15 M.R.S. § 3006 — Review of Maine Juvenile Code
- 15 M.R.S. § 3007 — Victims' rights
- 15 M.R.S. § 3008 — Dissemination of education records of preadjudicated juveniles
- 15 M.R.S. § 3009 — Information related to reintegration of juvenile into school
- 15 M.R.S. § 3010 — Dissemination of juvenile history record information by a Maine criminal justice agency
Chapter 503: Jurisdiction
Chapter 505: Arrest and Detention
- 15 M.R.S. § 3201 — Warrantless arrests
- 15 M.R.S. § 3202 — Arrest warrants for juveniles
- 15 M.R.S. § 3203 — Arrested juveniles, release or detention, notification
- 15 M.R.S. § 3203-A — Arrested juveniles; release; detention; notification
- 15 M.R.S. § 3204 — Statements not admissible in evidence
- 15 M.R.S. § 3205 — Juvenile in adult-serving jail
- 15 M.R.S. § 3206 — Detention of juveniles
Chapter 507: Petition, Adjudication and Disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3301 — Preliminary investigation, informal adjustment and petition initiation
- 15 M.R.S. § 3301-A — School safety
- 15 M.R.S. § 3302 — Petition, form and contents
- 15 M.R.S. § 3303 — Dismissal of petition with prejudice
- 15 M.R.S. § 3304 — Summons
- 15 M.R.S. § 3305 — Answer
- 15 M.R.S. § 3306 — Right to counsel
- 15 M.R.S. § 3306-A — Release or detention at first appearance
- 15 M.R.S. § 3307 — Disclosure of juvenile's identity
- 15 M.R.S. § 3308 — Juvenile case records; inspection and sealing
- 15 M.R.S. § 3308-A — Dissemination of juvenile intelligence and investigative record information by a Maine criminal justice agency
- 15 M.R.S. § 3308-B — Mandatory notice to schools
- 15 M.R.S. § 3308-C — Confidentiality of juvenile case records
- 15 M.R.S. § 3308-D — Confidentiality of Juvenile Court proceedings
- 15 M.R.S. § 3309 — Procedure
- 15 M.R.S. § 3309-A — Limitation on diagnostic evaluations
- 15 M.R.S. § 3309-B — Limitations on diagnostic evaluations in a secure detention facility
- 15 M.R.S. § 3310 — Adjudicatory hearing, findings, adjudication
- 15 M.R.S. § 3310-A — Attendant care
- 15 M.R.S. § 3311 — Social study and other reports
- 15 M.R.S. § 3311-A — Eligibility for deferred disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3311-B — Deferred disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3311-C — Court hearing as to final disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3311-D — Limited review by appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 3312 — Dispositional hearing
- 15 M.R.S. § 3313 — Criteria for withholding an institutional disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3314 — Disposition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3314-A — Period of probation; modification and discharge
- 15 M.R.S. § 3314-B — Counseling, treatment, education or case management for juveniles and their parents, guardians and legal custodians
- 15 M.R.S. § 3314-C — Juvenile restitution
- 15 M.R.S. § 3315 — Right to periodic review
- 15 M.R.S. § 3315-A — Termination of parental rights
- 15 M.R.S. § 3316 — Commitment to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Health and Human Services
- 15 M.R.S. § 3317 — Disposition after return to Juvenile Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 3318 — Mentally ill or incapacitated juveniles
- 15 M.R.S. § 3318-A — Determination of competency of a juvenile to proceed in a juvenile proceeding
- 15 M.R.S. § 3318-B — Disposition of a juvenile found incompetent to proceed
- 15 M.R.S. § 3318-C — Competency orders
- 15 M.R.S. § 3319 — Designation of facility
Chapter 509: Appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 3401 — Appeals structure and goals
- 15 M.R.S. § 3402 — Appeals to Supreme Judicial Court
- 15 M.R.S. § 3403 — Rules for appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 3404 — Counsel on appeal
- 15 M.R.S. § 3405 — Scope of review on appeal; record
- 15 M.R.S. § 3406 — Disposition of appeals
- 15 M.R.S. § 3407 — Appeal to the Law Court
Chapter 511: Interim Care; Runaways
- 15 M.R.S. § 3501 — Interim care
- 15 M.R.S. § 3502 — The Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Human Services 24-hour referral services
- 15 M.R.S. § 3503 — Juveniles; voluntary return home
- 15 M.R.S. § 3504 — Runaway juveniles, shelter and family services needs assessment
- 15 M.R.S. § 3505 — Runaway juveniles, neglect petition
- 15 M.R.S. § 3506 — Runaway juveniles, emancipation
- 15 M.R.S. § 3506-A — Emancipation
- 15 M.R.S. § 3507 — Runaway juveniles returned from another state
- 15 M.R.S. § 3508 — Responsibility of the Department of Human Services
- 15 M.R.S. § 3509 — Interstate Compact for Juveniles
Chapter 513: Committee to Monitor Implementation of the Juvenile Code
Chapter 514: Civil Remedy for Unlawful Disclosure of Confidential Records, Information
Chapter 515: Asset Forfeiture
Chapter 517: Asset Forfeiture
- 15 M.R.S. § 5821 — Subject property
- 15 M.R.S. § 5821-A — Property not subject to forfeiture based on medical use of cannabis
- 15 M.R.S. § 5821-B — Property not subject to forfeiture based on adult use of cannabis
- 15 M.R.S. § 5822 — Procedure
- 15 M.R.S. § 5823 — Perfecting titles to forfeited vehicles
- 15 M.R.S. § 5824 — Equitable transfer of forfeited assets
- 15 M.R.S. § 5825 — Records; reports
- 15 M.R.S. § 5826 — Criminal forfeiture
- 15 M.R.S. § 5827 — Construction
- 15 M.R.S. § 5828 — Post-seizure proceedings
Chapter 520: Victim Involvement
Chapter 521: Rights of Sexual Assault Survivors
Title 16: Court Procedure — Evidence
Chapter 7: Criminal History Record Information Act
- 16 M.R.S. § 701 — Short title
- 16 M.R.S. § 702 — Scope; application
- 16 M.R.S. § 703 — Definitions
- 16 M.R.S. § 704 — Dissemination of public criminal history record information
- 16 M.R.S. § 705 — Dissemination of confidential criminal history record information
- 16 M.R.S. § 706 — Public information about persons detained following arrest
- 16 M.R.S. § 707 — Unlawful dissemination of confidential criminal history record information
- 16 M.R.S. § 708 — Inapplicability of this chapter to criminal history record information contained in certain records
- 16 M.R.S. § 709 — Right to access and review
- 16 M.R.S. § 710 — Application to prior Maine criminal history record information
Title 17: Crimes
Chapter 42: Animal Welfare
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
Subchapter 2: Possession of Animals
- 17 M.R.S. § 1021 — Possession of animals
- 17 M.R.S. § 1022 — Prevention of cruelty
- 17 M.R.S. § 1023 — Investigation and reporting of cruelty
- 17 M.R.S. § 1024 — Impeding the performance of an officer
- 17 M.R.S. § 1025 — Handling of animals seized or held
- 17 M.R.S. § 1026 — Penalty for violation
- 17 M.R.S. § 1027 — Security for seizure and impoundment of animals relating to cruelty to animals or animal fighting
Subchapter 3: Cruelty to Animals
- 17 M.R.S. § 1031 — Cruelty to animals
- 17 M.R.S. § 1032 — Cruelty to birds
- 17 M.R.S. § 1033 — Animal fighting
- 17 M.R.S. § 1034 — Application for search warrant
- 17 M.R.S. § 1035 — Necessary sustenance
- 17 M.R.S. § 1036 — Necessary medical attention
- 17 M.R.S. § 1037 — Proper shelter; protection from the weather and humanely clean conditions
- 17 M.R.S. § 1037-A — Affirmative defense
- 17 M.R.S. § 1038 — Animals abandoned at animal care facilities
- 17 M.R.S. § 1039 — Cruel confinement of calves raised for veal and sows during gestation
Subchapter 4: Euthanasia of Cats and Dogs
Chapter 59: Fraud and False Pretenses
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 17 M.R.S. § 1601 — Cheating by false pretenses
- 17 M.R.S. § 1602 — Obtaining long distance telephone service without payment
- 17 M.R.S. § 1603 — Uttering fraudulent receipts
- 17 M.R.S. § 1603-A — Fraud against State
- 17 M.R.S. § 1604 — False financial statements
- 17 M.R.S. § 1605 — Fraudulent checks
- 17 M.R.S. § 1606 — -- payment in 5 days or prima facie case of fraud
- 17 M.R.S. § 1607 — Credit defined
- 17 M.R.S. § 1608 — Procuring money by false pretense of physical defects
- 17 M.R.S. § 1608-A — Sale of finger alphabet cards as inducement in the sale of merchandise
- 17 M.R.S. § 1609 — False representations of standard for sale of sterling and coin silver articles
- 17 M.R.S. § 1609-A — Resetting, tampering or disconnecting odometers on motor vehicles
- 17 M.R.S. § 1610 — Misrepresenting livestock
- 17 M.R.S. § 1611 — Disguising horses in premium shows
- 17 M.R.S. § 1612 — Gross fraud at common law
- 17 M.R.S. § 1613 — Fraudulent conveyances or assignments
- 17 M.R.S. § 1614 — Removal or concealment of mortgaged personal property
- 17 M.R.S. § 1615 — Defrauding garage owner; posting copy of law
- 17 M.R.S. § 1616 — Transfer tickets
- 17 M.R.S. § 1617 — Tampering with street railway fare-box or use of mutilated coins
- 17 M.R.S. § 1618 — Corporate acts after forfeiture of charter
- 17 M.R.S. § 1619 — Circulating advertisements in similitude of bank bills
- 17 M.R.S. § 1620 — Fraudulent advertising; exemptions
- 17 M.R.S. § 1621 — Use of false or unauthorized credit devices
- 17 M.R.S. § 1622 — Notice of credit revocation
- 17 M.R.S. § 1623 — Obtaining transportation on ski lift
- 17 M.R.S. § 1624 — Definitions
- 17 M.R.S. § 1625 — False statement as to financial condition or identity
- 17 M.R.S. § 1626 — Theft of credit card; forgery
- 17 M.R.S. § 1627 — Fraudulent use of illegally obtained credit card, forged credit card or expired credit card
- 17 M.R.S. § 1628 — Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services
- 17 M.R.S. § 1629 — Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit cards
- 17 M.R.S. § 1630 — Receipt of money, goods, services or anything else of value
- 17 M.R.S. § 1631 — Defenses not available
- 17 M.R.S. § 1632 — Presumptions
- 17 M.R.S. § 1633 — Penalties
- 17 M.R.S. § 1634 — Construction
- 17 M.R.S. § 1635 — Civil liability
- 17 M.R.S. § 1636 — Posing as Indian in vending
- 17 M.R.S. § 1637 — False claims of membership in federally recognized tribe in the State
Subchapter 2: Commercial Frauds
- 17 M.R.S. § 1661 — Issue of bill for goods not received
- 17 M.R.S. § 1662 — Issue of bill containing false statement
- 17 M.R.S. § 1663 — Issue of duplicate bills not so marked
- 17 M.R.S. § 1664 — Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods
- 17 M.R.S. § 1665 — Negotiation of bill when not in carrier's possession
- 17 M.R.S. § 1666 — Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods not received
- 17 M.R.S. § 1667 — Issue of nonnegotiable bill not so marked
- 17 M.R.S. § 1701 — Issue of receipt for goods not received
- 17 M.R.S. § 1702 — Issue of receipt containing false statement
- 17 M.R.S. § 1703 — Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked
- 17 M.R.S. § 1704 — Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipts which do not so state
- 17 M.R.S. § 1705 — Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt
- 17 M.R.S. § 1706 — Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods
Subchapter 3: Maritime Frauds
Chapter 83: Malicious Mischiefs
Subchapter 1: Public Utilities
- 17 M.R.S. § 2351 — Injury to public and utility properties generally
- 17 M.R.S. § 2352 — Tapping or interfering with water pipes
- 17 M.R.S. § 2353 — Injury or interference with gas, electric or water equipment
- 17 M.R.S. § 2354 — Injury or interference with telegraph or telephone lines
- 17 M.R.S. § 2355 — Placing objects on utility poles
Subchapter 2: Railroads
Subchapter 3: Signs, Marks and Monuments
Subchapter 4: Miscellaneous
- 17 M.R.S. § 2491 — Injury to buildings, fixtures, goods or valuable papers; civil action for damages
- 17 M.R.S. § 2492 — Injury to books, pictures and statues
- 17 M.R.S. § 2493 — Injuring or tampering with vehicles or aircraft
- 17 M.R.S. § 2493-A — Injuring or tampering with watercraft
- 17 M.R.S. § 2494 — Throwing at transportation vehicles
- 17 M.R.S. § 2495 — Taking saddled or harnessed horse
- 17 M.R.S. § 2496 — Driving nails or spikes into certain logs; civil action for damages
- 17 M.R.S. § 2497 — Mooring watercraft to buoys or beacons; destruction of same
- 17 M.R.S. § 2498 — Taking of watercraft, aircraft or draft animals; limitation
- 17 M.R.S. § 2499 — Injuring or cutting loose booms, rafts, vessels or boats; civil action for damages
- 17 M.R.S. § 2500 — Damage to ice
- 17 M.R.S. § 2501 — Damages to fruit gardens; arrest of offenders
- 17 M.R.S. § 2502 — Injuring or destroying rhododendron and kalmia
- 17 M.R.S. § 2503 — Damage to trees, fences, gates, signs or produce
- 17 M.R.S. § 2504 — Wearing spiked boots and shoes in public places
- 17 M.R.S. § 2505 — Destroying notices regarding spiked shoes
- 17 M.R.S. § 2506 — Advertising on fences and rocks
- 17 M.R.S. § 2507 — Destruction of vending machines
- 17 M.R.S. § 2508 — Usurpation of community antennae television system signals and injury to its equipment
- 17 M.R.S. § 2509 — Tampering with passenger tramway
- 17 M.R.S. § 2510 — Unlawful cutting of trees
- 17 M.R.S. § 2511 — Harvesting timber near property line
- 17 M.R.S. § 2512 — Failure to pay for trees harvested
Chapter 91: Nuisances
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 17 M.R.S. § 2701 — Action for damages caused by nuisance
- 17 M.R.S. § 2701-A — Action against insect infestation
- 17 M.R.S. § 2701-B — Action against improper manure handling
- 17 M.R.S. § 2702 — Abatement of nuisance
- 17 M.R.S. § 2703 — Stay on security to discontinue
- 17 M.R.S. § 2704 — Expenses of abatement defrayed; poor debtor's oath
- 17 M.R.S. § 2705 — Jurisdiction by injunction
- 17 M.R.S. § 2706 — Penalty and abatement of nuisance
Subchapter 2: Common Nuisances
Subchapter 3: Particular Nuisances
- 17 M.R.S. § 2791 — Blasting; notice
- 17 M.R.S. § 2792 — Burning of bricks
- 17 M.R.S. § 2793 — Certain lights prohibited along highways
- 17 M.R.S. § 2794 — Dumping of oil
- 17 M.R.S. § 2795 — License for use of certain engines
- 17 M.R.S. § 2796 — Manufacture of powder
- 17 M.R.S. § 2797 — Mills and dams; fences and buildings on public ways
- 17 M.R.S. § 2798 — Mufflers required on motorboats
- 17 M.R.S. § 2799 — Possession of poisonous snakes
- 17 M.R.S. § 2800 — Removal of bushes, trees and stumps from flowed area
- 17 M.R.S. § 2801 — Spite fences
- 17 M.R.S. § 2802 — Miscellaneous nuisances
- 17 M.R.S. § 2803 — -- assignment of place for
- 17 M.R.S. § 2804 — -- complaints about
- 17 M.R.S. § 2805 — Farm, farm operation or agricultural composting operation not nuisance; use of best management practices
- 17 M.R.S. § 2806 — Sport shooting ranges
- 17 M.R.S. § 2807 — Commercial fishing activities and commercial fishing operations
- 17 M.R.S. § 2808 — Alteration of surface water flow
Subchapter 4: Dangerous Buildings
- 17 M.R.S. § 2851 — Dangerous buildings
- 17 M.R.S. § 2852 — Appeal; hearing
- 17 M.R.S. § 2853 — Recovery of expenses
- 17 M.R.S. § 2854 — Costs
- 17 M.R.S. § 2855 — Entry into force by town vote
- 17 M.R.S. § 2856 — Securing dangerous buildings
- 17 M.R.S. § 2857 — Notice; recording
- 17 M.R.S. § 2858 — Consent to removal
- 17 M.R.S. § 2859 — Summary process
Chapter 93A: Obscenity
Chapter 93C: Interference with Constitutional and Civil Rights
Chapter 114: Detention of Certain Persons Suspected of Stealing
Chapter 117: Strikes and Violence Against Utilities, Railroads and Plants
- 17 M.R.S. § 3601 — Violence or intimidation to promote controversy between utility and workers
- 17 M.R.S. § 3602 — Railroads; interference with trains or property
- 17 M.R.S. § 3603 — -- obstructions of engines or carriages; abandonment
- 17 M.R.S. § 3604 — -- carelessness and neglect in reference to trains
- 17 M.R.S. § 3605 — -- refusal of employees to perform duty
- 17 M.R.S. § 3606 — Mass picketing to prevent maintenance or movement of perishables
Chapter 127: Trespass
- 17 M.R.S. § 3851 — Lands appurtenant to state institutions
- 17 M.R.S. § 3852 — Improved lands and fish ponds
- 17 M.R.S. § 3853 — Commercial or residential property
- 17 M.R.S. § 3853-A — Public beaches and shores
- 17 M.R.S. § 3853-B — Trespass by animals
- 17 M.R.S. § 3853-C — Trespass by motor vehicle; civil violation
- 17 M.R.S. § 3853-D — Operating a motor vehicle on land of another
- 17 M.R.S. § 3854 — Entry of and refusal to vacate certain buildings
- 17 M.R.S. § 3855 — Entering or passing over forbidden enclosed or cultivated land; arrest of offenders
- 17 M.R.S. § 3856 — Trespass on timber; removal of produce; removal of goods from wharf or landing place
- 17 M.R.S. § 3857 — Limitations and jurisdiction
- 17 M.R.S. § 3858 — Tampering with or destroying colonies of wild bees
- 17 M.R.S. § 3859 — Trespass on land devoted to wildlife preservation
- 17 M.R.S. § 3860 — Great pond; access or egress
Chapter 131: Miscellaneous Crimes
- 17 M.R.S. § 3951 — Abandonment of airtight containers
- 17 M.R.S. § 3952 — Dangerous knives
- 17 M.R.S. § 3953 — Disorderly conduct
- 17 M.R.S. § 3954 — Disturbance of public meetings
- 17 M.R.S. § 3955 — Dumping rubbish on another's land
- 17 M.R.S. § 3956 — Electric fences
- 17 M.R.S. § 3957 — Failure to report treatment of gunshot wounds
- 17 M.R.S. § 3958 — False alarms and reports
- 17 M.R.S. § 3959 — Marathons and walkathons
- 17 M.R.S. § 3960 — Peeking in nighttime
- 17 M.R.S. § 3961 — Placing obstructions on traveled road
- 17 M.R.S. § 3962 — Regulation of radio waves; disturbing reception
- 17 M.R.S. § 3963 — Riding with naked scythe
- 17 M.R.S. § 3964 — Settlements or releases from injured persons
- 17 M.R.S. § 3965 — Defacement of state facilities; possession of paint
- 17 M.R.S. § 3966 — Animals in food stores
Title 17A: Maine Criminal Code
Chapter 1: Preliminary
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1 — Title; effective date; severability
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 3 — All crimes defined by statute; civil actions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 4 — Classification of crimes in this Code
- 17-A M.R.S. § 4-A — Crimes and civil violations outside the code
- 17-A M.R.S. § 4-B — Civil violations
- 17-A M.R.S. § 5 — Pleading and proof
- 17-A M.R.S. § 6 — Application to crimes outside the code
- 17-A M.R.S. § 7 — Territorial applicability
- 17-A M.R.S. § 8 — Statute of limitations
- 17-A M.R.S. § 9 — Indictment and jurisdiction
- 17-A M.R.S. § 9-A — Allegation of prior conviction when sentence enhanced
- 17-A M.R.S. § 10 — Definitions of culpable states of mind
- 17-A M.R.S. § 10-A — Jurisdiction over juveniles
- 17-A M.R.S. § 11 — Requirement of culpable mental states; liability without culpability
- 17-A M.R.S. § 12 — De minimis infractions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 13 — Other offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 13-A — Included offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 14 — Separate trials
- 17-A M.R.S. § 15 — Warrantless arrests by a law enforcement officer
- 17-A M.R.S. § 15-A — Issuance of summons for criminal offense
- 17-A M.R.S. § 16 — Warrantless arrests by a private person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 17 — Enforcement of civil violations
- 17-A M.R.S. § 18 — Homelessness crisis protocol
- 17-A M.R.S. § 19 — Crimes involving minors
- 17-A M.R.S. § 19-A — Election to charge Class E crime as civil violation
Chapter 2: Criminal Liability; Elements of Crimes
- 17-A M.R.S. § 31 — Voluntary conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 32 — Elements of crimes defined
- 17-A M.R.S. § 33 — Result as an element; causation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 34 — Culpable state of mind as an element
- 17-A M.R.S. § 35 — Definitions of culpable states of mind
- 17-A M.R.S. § 36 — Ignorance or mistake
- 17-A M.R.S. § 37 — Intoxication
- 17-A M.R.S. § 38 — Mental abnormality
- 17-A M.R.S. § 39 — Insanity
- 17-A M.R.S. § 40 — Procedure upon plea of not guilty coupled with plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity
Chapter 3: Criminal Liability of Accomplices, Organizations and Plants
- 17-A M.R.S. § 51 — Basis for liability
- 17-A M.R.S. § 52 — Ignorance and mistake
- 17-A M.R.S. § 53 — Immaturity
- 17-A M.R.S. § 54 — Duress
- 17-A M.R.S. § 55 — Consent
- 17-A M.R.S. § 56 — Causation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 57 — Criminal liability for conduct of another; accomplices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 58 — Mental abnormality
- 17-A M.R.S. § 58-A — Intoxication
- 17-A M.R.S. § 59 — Procedure upon plea of not guilty coupled with plea of not guilty by reason of insanity
- 17-A M.R.S. § 60 — Criminal liability of an organization
- 17-A M.R.S. § 61 — Individual liability for conduct on behalf of organization
- 17-A M.R.S. § 62 — Military orders
Chapter 5: Defenses and Affirmative Defenses; Justification
- 17-A M.R.S. § 101 — General rules for defenses and affirmative defenses; justification
- 17-A M.R.S. § 102 — Public duty
- 17-A M.R.S. § 102-A — Military orders
- 17-A M.R.S. § 103 — Competing harms
- 17-A M.R.S. § 103-A — Duress
- 17-A M.R.S. § 103-B — Involuntary conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 104 — Use of force in defense of premises
- 17-A M.R.S. § 105 — Use of force in property offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 106 — Physical force by persons with special responsibilities
- 17-A M.R.S. § 107 — Physical force in law enforcement
- 17-A M.R.S. § 107-A — Physical force in corrections
- 17-A M.R.S. § 108 — Physical force in defense of a person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 109 — Consent
- 17-A M.R.S. § 110 — Threat to use deadly force against a law enforcement officer, transport officer, corrections officer or corrections supervisor
Chapter 7: Offenses of General Applicability
Chapter 9: Offenses Against the Person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 201 — Murder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 202 — Felony murder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 203 — Manslaughter
- 17-A M.R.S. § 204 — Aiding or soliciting suicide
- 17-A M.R.S. § 205 — Criminal homicide in the 5th degree
- 17-A M.R.S. § 206 — Criminal homicide in the 6th degree
- 17-A M.R.S. § 207 — Assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 207-A — Domestic violence assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208 — Aggravated assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208-A — Assault while hunting
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208-B — Elevated aggravated assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208-C — Elevated aggravated assault on pregnant person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208-D — Domestic violence aggravated assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208-E — Domestic violence elevated aggravated assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 208-F — Domestic violence elevated aggravated assault on pregnant person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 209 — Criminal threatening
- 17-A M.R.S. § 209-A — Domestic violence criminal threatening
- 17-A M.R.S. § 210 — Terrorizing
- 17-A M.R.S. § 210-A — Stalking
- 17-A M.R.S. § 210-B — Domestic violence terrorizing
- 17-A M.R.S. § 210-C — Domestic violence stalking
- 17-A M.R.S. § 211 — Reckless conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 211-A — Domestic violence reckless conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 212 — Classification of offenses against the person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 213 — Aggravated reckless conduct
Chapter 11: Sexual Assaults
- 17-A M.R.S. § 251 — Definitions and general provisions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 252 — Rape
- 17-A M.R.S. § 253 — Gross sexual assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 253-A — Special sentencing provisions for gross sexual assault
- 17-A M.R.S. § 254 — Sexual abuse of minors
- 17-A M.R.S. § 254-A — Written notification not to pursue charges for sexual abuse of a minor
- 17-A M.R.S. § 255 — Unlawful sexual contact
- 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A — Unlawful sexual contact
- 17-A M.R.S. § 256 — Visual sexual aggression against child
- 17-A M.R.S. § 257 — Factors aiding in predicting high-risk sex offenders for sentencing purposes
- 17-A M.R.S. § 258 — Sexual misconduct with a child under 14 years of age
- 17-A M.R.S. § 259 — Solicitation of child by computer to commit a prohibited act
- 17-A M.R.S. § 259-A — Solicitation of a child to commit a prohibited act
- 17-A M.R.S. § 259-B — Solicitation of child for commercial sexual exploitation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 260 — Unlawful sexual touching
- 17-A M.R.S. § 261 — Prohibited contact with a minor; sex offender restricted zone
Chapter 12: Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Chapter 13: Kidnapping, Criminal Restraint and Criminal Forced Labor
Chapter 15: Theft
- 17-A M.R.S. § 351 — Consolidation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 352 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 353 — Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer
- 17-A M.R.S. § 353-A — Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer at a casino or slot machine facility
- 17-A M.R.S. § 354 — Theft by deception
- 17-A M.R.S. § 354-A — Insurance deception
- 17-A M.R.S. § 355 — Theft by extortion
- 17-A M.R.S. § 356 — Theft of lost, mislaid or mistakenly delivered property
- 17-A M.R.S. § 356-A — Theft of lost, mislaid or mistakenly delivered property
- 17-A M.R.S. § 357 — Theft of services
- 17-A M.R.S. § 357-A — Theft of utility services
- 17-A M.R.S. § 358 — Theft by misapplication of property
- 17-A M.R.S. § 359 — Receiving stolen property
- 17-A M.R.S. § 360 — Unauthorized use of property
- 17-A M.R.S. § 361 — Affirmative defense of claim of right
- 17-A M.R.S. § 361-A — Permissible inferences against accused
- 17-A M.R.S. § 362 — Classification of theft offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 363 — Organized retail theft
Chapter 17: Burglary and Criminal Trespass
Chapter 18: Computer Crimes
- 17-A M.R.S. § 431 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 432 — Criminal invasion of computer privacy
- 17-A M.R.S. § 433 — Aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy
- 17-A M.R.S. § 434 — Prosecution of invasion of computer privacy
- 17-A M.R.S. § 435 — Added jurisdiction to prosecute
- 17-A M.R.S. § 436 — Permanent destruction of computer data on a computer used in the commission of a crime
- 17-A M.R.S. § 437 — Permissible destruction or transfer of ownership to the State of a computer used in the commission of a crime
Chapter 19: Falsification in Official Matters
- 17-A M.R.S. § 451 — Perjury
- 17-A M.R.S. § 452 — False swearing
- 17-A M.R.S. § 453 — Unsworn falsification
- 17-A M.R.S. § 454 — Tampering with a witness, informant, juror or victim
- 17-A M.R.S. § 455 — Falsifying physical evidence
- 17-A M.R.S. § 456 — Tampering with public records or information
- 17-A M.R.S. § 457 — Impersonating a public servant
- 17-A M.R.S. § 458 — Retaliation against a witness, informant, victim or juror
Chapter 21: Offenses Against Public Order
- 17-A M.R.S. § 501 — Disorderly conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 501-A — Disorderly conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 502 — Failure to disperse
- 17-A M.R.S. § 503 — Riot
- 17-A M.R.S. § 504 — Unlawful assembly
- 17-A M.R.S. § 505 — Obstructing public ways
- 17-A M.R.S. § 506 — Harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device
- 17-A M.R.S. § 506-A — Harassment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 506-B — Violation of protective order
- 17-A M.R.S. § 507 — Desecration and defacement
- 17-A M.R.S. § 507-A — Interference with cemetery or burial ground
- 17-A M.R.S. § 507-B — Illegal possession or sale of gravestones
- 17-A M.R.S. § 508 — Abuse of corpse
- 17-A M.R.S. § 509 — False public alarm or report; aggravated false public alarm or report
- 17-A M.R.S. § 510 — Cruelty to animals
- 17-A M.R.S. § 511 — Violation of privacy
- 17-A M.R.S. § 511-A — Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images
- 17-A M.R.S. § 512 — Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
- 17-A M.R.S. § 513 — Maintaining an unprotected well
- 17-A M.R.S. § 514 — Abandoning an airtight container
- 17-A M.R.S. § 515 — Unlawful prize fighting
- 17-A M.R.S. § 516 — Champerty
- 17-A M.R.S. § 517 — Creating police standoff
Chapter 23: Offenses Against the Family
- 17-A M.R.S. § 551 — Bigamy
- 17-A M.R.S. § 552 — Nonsupport of dependents
- 17-A M.R.S. § 553 — Abandonment of child
- 17-A M.R.S. § 553-A — Illegal payment with respect to an adoption
- 17-A M.R.S. § 554 — Endangering the welfare of a child
- 17-A M.R.S. § 554-A — Unlawful transfer of a firearm other than a handgun to a minor
- 17-A M.R.S. § 554-B — Unlawful transfer of handgun to minor
- 17-A M.R.S. § 555 — Endangering welfare of dependent person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 556 — Incest
- 17-A M.R.S. § 557 — Other defenses
Chapter 25: Bribery and Corrupt Practices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 601 — Scope of chapter
- 17-A M.R.S. § 602 — Bribery in official and political matters
- 17-A M.R.S. § 603 — Improper influence
- 17-A M.R.S. § 604 — Improper compensation for past action
- 17-A M.R.S. § 605 — Improper gifts to public servants
- 17-A M.R.S. § 606 — Improper compensation for services
- 17-A M.R.S. § 607 — Purchase of public office
- 17-A M.R.S. § 608 — Official oppression
- 17-A M.R.S. § 609 — Misuse of information
Chapter 27: Robbery
Chapter 29: Forgery and Related Offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 701 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 702 — Aggravated forgery
- 17-A M.R.S. § 703 — Forgery
- 17-A M.R.S. § 704 — Possession of forgery devices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 705 — Criminal simulation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 706 — Suppressing recordable instrument
- 17-A M.R.S. § 706-A — Falsely filing a recordable instrument
- 17-A M.R.S. § 707 — Falsifying private records
- 17-A M.R.S. § 707-A — Falsifying health care records
- 17-A M.R.S. § 708 — Negotiating a worthless instrument
Chapter 31: Offenses Against Public Administration
- 17-A M.R.S. § 751 — Obstructing government administration
- 17-A M.R.S. § 751-A — Refusing to submit to arrest or detention
- 17-A M.R.S. § 751-B — Refusing to submit to arrest or detention
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752 — Assault on an officer
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752-A — Assault on an officer
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752-B — Unlawful interference with law enforcement dogs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752-C — Assault on an emergency medical services person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752-D — Unlawful interference with law enforcement horses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752-E — Assault on a firefighter
- 17-A M.R.S. § 752-F — Assault in an emergency room
- 17-A M.R.S. § 753 — Hindering apprehension or prosecution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 754 — Obstructing criminal prosecution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 755 — Escape
- 17-A M.R.S. § 756 — Aiding escape
- 17-A M.R.S. § 757 — Trafficking in prison contraband
- 17-A M.R.S. § 757-A — Trafficking of tobacco or vaping device in adult correctional facilities
- 17-A M.R.S. § 757-B — Trafficking of alcoholic beverages in adult correctional facilities
- 17-A M.R.S. § 757-C — Trafficking in contraband in a state hospital
- 17-A M.R.S. § 758 — Obstructing report of crime or injury
- 17-A M.R.S. § 759 — Violation of interstate compact for adult supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 760 — Failure to report sexual assault of person in custody
Chapter 33: Arson and Other Property Destruction
- 17-A M.R.S. § 801 — Aggravated arson
- 17-A M.R.S. § 802 — Arson
- 17-A M.R.S. § 803 — Causing a catastrophe
- 17-A M.R.S. § 803-A — Causing a catastrophe
- 17-A M.R.S. § 804 — Failure to control or report a dangerous fire
- 17-A M.R.S. § 805 — Aggravated criminal mischief
- 17-A M.R.S. § 806 — Criminal mischief
- 17-A M.R.S. § 807 — Animal enterprise terrorism
Chapter 35: Sex Trafficking, Prostitution and Public Indecency
- 17-A M.R.S. § 851 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 852 — Aggravated sex trafficking
- 17-A M.R.S. § 853 — Sex Trafficking
- 17-A M.R.S. § 853-A — Engaging in prostitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 853-B — Engaging person for prostitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 854 — Indecent conduct
- 17-A M.R.S. § 855 — Commercial sexual exploitation of minor or person with mental disability
Chapter 37: Fraud
- 17-A M.R.S. § 901 — Deceptive business practices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 901-A — Deceptive insurance practices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 902 — Defrauding a creditor
- 17-A M.R.S. § 903 — Misuse of entrusted property
- 17-A M.R.S. § 904 — Private bribery
- 17-A M.R.S. § 905 — Misuse of credit identification
- 17-A M.R.S. § 905-A — Misuse of identification
- 17-A M.R.S. § 905-B — Misuse of scanning device or reencoder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 905-C — Misuse of public benefits instrument
- 17-A M.R.S. § 906 — Use of slugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 907 — Possession or transfer of theft devices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 908 — Home construction or repair fraud
- 17-A M.R.S. § 909 — Possession or transfer of automated sales suppression device
Chapter 39: Unlawful Gambling
- 17-A M.R.S. § 951 — Inapplicability of chapter
- 17-A M.R.S. § 952 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 953 — Aggravated unlawful gambling
- 17-A M.R.S. § 954 — Unlawful gambling
- 17-A M.R.S. § 955 — Possession of gambling records
- 17-A M.R.S. § 956 — Possession of gambling devices
- 17-A M.R.S. § 957 — Out-of-state gambling
- 17-A M.R.S. § 958 — Injunctions; recovery of payments
- 17-A M.R.S. § 959 — Illegal gambling machines; forfeiture
- 17-A M.R.S. § 960 — Criminal forfeiture
- 17-A M.R.S. § 961 — Construction
Chapter 41: Criminal Use of Explosives and Related Crimes
Chapter 43: Weapons
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1051 — Possession of machine gun
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1052 — Right to possess, carry or transport machine gun
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1053 — Confiscation and seizure of machine gun
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1054 — Forfeiture of machine gun
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1055 — Possession or distribution of dangerous knives
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1056 — Possession of armor-piercing ammunition
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1057 — Possession of firearms in an establishment licensed for on-premises consumption of liquor
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1058 — Unauthorized possession of firearm in courthouse
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1059 — Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a correctional facility or jail
Chapter 45: Drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1101 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1102 — Schedules W, X, Y and Z
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1103 — Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1104 — Trafficking in or furnishing counterfeit drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1105 — Aggravated trafficking, furnishing or cultivation of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1105-A — Aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1105-B — Aggravated trafficking or furnishing of counterfeit drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1105-C — Aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1105-D — Aggravated cultivating of marijuana
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1105-E — Aggravated unlawful operation of a methamphetamine laboratory
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1106 — Unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1106-A — Aggregation of amounts of drugs seized
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1107 — Unlawful possession of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1107-A — Unlawful possession of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1108 — Acquiring drugs by deception
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1109 — Stealing drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1110 — Trafficking in or furnishing hypodermic apparatuses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1111 — Illegal possession of hypodermic apparatuses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1111-A — Use of drug paraphernalia
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1111-B — Immunity from arrest, prosecution and revocation and termination proceedings when assistance has been requested for suspected drug-related overdose
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1112 — Analysis of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1113 — Inspection of records
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1114 — Schedule Z drugs; contraband subject to seizure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1115 — Notice of conviction
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1116 — Trafficking or furnishing imitation scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1117 — Cultivating marijuana
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1118 — Illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1118-A — Aggravated illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1119 — Unlawful possession of synthetic hallucinogenic drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1120 — Unlawful trafficking in synthetic hallucinogenic drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1121 — Aggravated trafficking in synthetic hallucinogenic drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1122 — Unlawfully furnishing synthetic hallucinogenic drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1123 — Aggravated furnishing of synthetic hallucinogenic drugs
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1124 — Unlawful operation of a methamphetamine laboratory
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1125 — Mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain drug offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1126 — Special sentencing provisions regarding fines for certain drug offenses
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1151 — Purposes
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1152 — Authorized sentences
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1153 — Sanctions for organizations
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1154 — Sentences in excess of one year deemed tentative
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1155 — Multiple sentences of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1155-A — Multiple fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1156 — Sentence for burglary
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1157 — Criminal history reports
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1158 — Forfeiture of firearms
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1158-A — Forfeiture of firearms
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1159 — Recalcitrant witness in execution of sentence involving imprisonment
Chapter 48: Victims' Rights
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1171 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1172 — Victims to be notified
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1173 — Plea agreement procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1174 — Sentencing procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1174-A — Termination or conversion procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1175 — Notification of defendant's release or escape
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1175-A — Notification of defendant's release on bail
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1176 — Confidentiality of victim records
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1177 — Certain communications by victims confidential
Chapter 49: Probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1201 — Eligibility for a sentence alternative that includes a period of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1202 — Period of probation; modification and discharge
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1203 — Split sentences
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1203-A — Suspension of last portion of sentence with probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1203-B — Suspension; probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1203-C — Wholly suspended sentence with probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1204 — Conditions of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1204-A — Community reparations boards
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1205 — Commencement of probation revocation proceedings by arrest
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1205-A — Administrative preliminary hearing for arrested probationer
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1205-B — Commencement of probation revocation proceedings by summons
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1205-C — Initial proceedings on probation violation; filing of motion; initial appearance
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1206 — Court hearing on probation revocation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1207 — Review
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1208 — In lieu of probation revocation proceedings
Chapter 50: Supervised Release for Sex Offenders
Chapter 51: Sentences of Imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1251 — Imprisonment for murder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1252 — Imprisonment for crimes other than murder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1252-A — Deductions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1252-B — Imposition of sentence; consideration of good time and meritorious good time at the time of sentencing
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1252-C — Sentencing procedure relating to the imposition of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1253 — Calculation of period of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1254 — Release from imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1255 — Sentences in excess of one year deemed tentative
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1256 — Multiple sentences of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1257 — Victim's right to participate in sentence
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1257-A — Notification of perpetrator's release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1258 — Notification of commitments to the Department of Corrections
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1259 — Commitments to the Department of Corrections of bound-over juveniles who have not attained 18 years of age at the time of sentence imposition
Chapter 52: Intensive Supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1261 — Intensive supervision established
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1262 — Sentences of imprisonment with intensive supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1263 — Eligibility for imprisonment with intensive supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1264 — Conditions of imprisonment with intensive supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1265 — Termination of intensive supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1266 — Sentence for crime committed by prisoner on intensive supervision
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1267 — Intensive supervision upon revocation of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1268 — Application
Chapter 53: Fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1301 — Amounts authorized
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1301-A — Use of fine relative to natural persons
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1302 — Criteria for imposing fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1302-A — Multiple fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1303 — Time and method of payment of fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1303-A — Postconviction relief
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1303-B — Modification of payment of fine
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1304 — Default
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1305 — Revocation of fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1306 — Deposit of certain fines in Maine Military Family Relief Fund
Chapter 54: Restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1321 — Purpose
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1322 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1323 — Mandatory consideration of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1324 — Authorized claimants
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1325 — Criteria for restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326 — Time and method of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326-A — Time and method of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326-B — Income withholding order
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326-C — Deceased victims
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326-D — Victim unable to be located
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326-E — Joint and several order
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1326-F — Former Department of Corrections' clients owing restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1327 — Restitution deducted from judgment in civil action
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1328 — Postconviction relief
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1328-A — Modification of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1329 — Default
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1330 — Work program release; restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1330-A — Waiver of issue of excessiveness
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1330-B — Restitution for benefit of victim
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1330-C — Civil remedy upon default
Chapter 54A: Protective Order
Chapter 54B: County Jail Reimbursement
Chapter 54C: Community Service Work
Chapter 54D: Unconditional Discharge
Chapter 54E: Violation of Interstate Compact
Chapter 54F: Deferred Disposition
Chapter 54G: Administrative Release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349 — Eligibility for sentence alternative that includes period of administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349-A — Period of administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349-B — Suspended sentence with administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349-C — Requirements of administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349-D — Commencement of administrative release revocation proceeding
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349-E — Court hearing on administrative release revocation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1349-F — Review
Chapter 55: Criminal Law Advisory Commission
Chapter 57: Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Commission
Chapter 61: General Sentencing Provisions
Chapter 63: Sentences of Imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1601 — Definite term of imprisonment required
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1602 — Sentencing procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1603 — Imprisonment for crime of murder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1604 — Imprisonment for crimes other than murder
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1605 — Suspension of all or part of the term of imprisonment imposed
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1606 — General inapplicability of deductions under chapter 81 in setting the term of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1607 — Prohibition against imprisonment based on incapacity to pay fine
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1608 — Multiple sentences of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1609 — Nonconcurrent sentence for crime attempted or committed while in execution of term of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1609-A — Discretionary sentence
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1610 — Place of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1611 — Commitments to Department of Corrections of bound-over juveniles who have not attained 18 years of age at the time of sentencing
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1612 — Tolling of sentence of noncompliant witness
Chapter 65: Fines, Fees, Assessments and Surcharges
Subchapter 1: Fines
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1701 — Definite fine amount required
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1702 — Criteria for imposing sentencing alternative that includes fine
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1703 — Use of fine relative to individuals
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1704 — Maximum fine amounts authorized for convicted individuals
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1705 — Maximum fine amounts authorized for convicted organizations
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1706 — Exceptions to maximum fine amounts
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1707 — Multiple fines imposed on convicted person; restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1708 — Time and method of payment of fines imposed on convicted person
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1709 — Post-conviction relief invalidating conviction; potential return of fine payments
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1710 — Modification of payment of fine
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1711 — Default
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1712 — Deposit of certain fines in Maine Military Family Relief Fund
Subchapter 2: Fees, Assessments and Surcharges
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1751 — County jail reimbursement fee
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1752 — Supervision fee as condition of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1753 — Electronic monitoring fee and substance testing fee as conditions of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1754 — Fee for applying to Department of Corrections to temporarily or periodically leave jurisdiction
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1755 — Administrative supervision fee as nonmandatory requirement of administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1756 — Administrative supervision fee as nonmandatory requirement of deferred disposition
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1757 — Surcharges and assessments outside the code
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1758 — Authority to impose fees, surcharges and assessments by Supreme Judicial Court
Chapter 67: Conditional Release
Subchapter 1: Probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1801 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1802 — Eligibility for sentencing alternative that includes period of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1803 — Definite period of probation required
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1804 — Period of probation; modification; termination and discharge
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1805 — Partially suspended term of imprisonment with probation or split sentence
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1806 — Wholly suspended term of imprisonment with probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1807 — Conditions of probation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1808 — Community reparations boards
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1809 — Commencement of probation revocation proceedings by arrest
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1810 — Commencement of probation revocation proceedings by summons
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1811 — Initial proceedings on probation violation; filing of motion; initial appearance
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1812 — Court hearing on probation revocation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1813 — Review
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1814 — Additional conditions in lieu of probation revocation proceedings
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1815 — Completion of period of probation
Subchapter 2: Administrative Release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1851 — Eligibility for sentencing alternative that includes period of administrative release; exceptions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1852 — Period of administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1853 — Suspended sentence with administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1854 — Requirements of administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1855 — Commencement of administrative release revocation proceeding
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1856 — Court hearing on administrative release revocation
- 17-A M.R.S. § 1857 — Review
Subchapter 3: Supervised Release for Sex Offenders
Subchapter 4: Deferred Disposition
Chapter 69: Restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2001 — Purpose
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2002 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2003 — Mandatory consideration of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2004 — Authorized claimants
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2005 — Criteria for restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2006 — Time and method of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2007 — Income withholding order
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2008 — Deceased victims
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2009 — Victim unable to be located
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2010 — Joint and several order
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2011 — Former Department of Corrections' clients owing restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2012 — Restitution deducted from judgment in civil action
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2013 — Post-conviction relief
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2014 — Modification of restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2015 — Default
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2016 — Work program release; restitution
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2017 — Waiver of issue of excessiveness
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2018 — Restitution for benefit of victim
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2019 — Civil remedy upon default
Chapter 71: Community Service Work
Chapter 73: Unconditional Discharge
Chapter 75: Victims' Rights
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2101 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2102 — Victims to be notified
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2103 — Plea agreement procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2104 — Sentencing procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2105 — Termination or conversion procedure
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2106 — Notification of defendant's release or escape
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2107 — Notification of defendant's release on preconviction bail
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2108 — Confidentiality of victim records
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2109 — Certain communications by victims confidential
Chapter 81: Administration of Imposed Sentences of Imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2301 — Definitions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2302 — General provisions
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2303 — Commencement of sentence of imprisonment
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2304 — Notification of commitment to Department of Corrections
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2305 — Deductions from sentence of imprisonment for time detained
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2306 — Deductions for time detained; special circumstances
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2307 — Discretionary deductions for individual who commits crime on or after August 1, 2004, except for certain listed crimes
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2308 — Discretionary deductions based on conduct and fulfillment of responsibilities for individuals who commit certain crimes on or after August 1, 2004
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2309 — Discretionary deductions based on conduct and participation for individual who committed crime on or after October 1, 1995 but before August 1, 2004
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2310 — Deductions for individual who committed crime before October 1, 1995 and was sentenced on or after October 1, 1983
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2311 — Deductions for individual who committed crime before October 1, 1995 and was sentenced prior to October 1, 1983
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2312 — Deductions applicable to concurrent sentences resulting from new criminal conduct while on probation or administrative release
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2313 — Deductions relative to parole eligibility for individual sentenced prior to effective date of Maine Criminal Code
- 17-A M.R.S. § 2314 — Release from imprisonment
Title 19A: Domestic Relations
Chapter 103: Protection From Abuse
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4101 — Purposes
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4102 — Definitions
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4103 — Eligibility
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4104 — Commencement of a proceeding
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4105 — Other proceedings
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4106 — Procedures
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4107 — Service of order
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4108 — Temporary orders
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4109 — Hearings
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4110 — Relief
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4111 — Modifying and extending orders
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4112 — Sealing
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4113 — Violation
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4114 — Law enforcement agency responsibilities
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4115 — Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse
- 19-A M.R.S. § 4116 — Certification of domestic violence intervention programs
Title 29A: Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 23: Major Offenses - Suspension and Revocation
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2401 — Definitions
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2402 — Calculating prior convictions
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2403 — Period of administrative suspension deducted from court-imposed suspension
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2404 — Owner liable for damage by impaired operator
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2405 — Optional reporting of drivers operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs
Subchapter 2: Judicial Actions
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2411 — Criminal OUI
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2412 — Operating while license suspended or revoked
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2412-A — Operating while license suspended or revoked
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2413 — Driving to endanger
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2413-A — Motor vehicle violation resulting in death or serious bodily injury
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2414 — Refusing to stop for a law enforcement officer
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2415 — Operating under foreign license during suspension or revocation in State prohibited
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2416 — Registration suspension by court
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2417 — Suspended registration
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2418 — Other court suspension of driver's license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2421 — Forfeiture of motor vehicles for OUI
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2422 — Impoundment of motor vehicles for OUI
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2431 — Evidentiary rules
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2432 — Alcohol level; confirmed positive drug or metabolite test results; evidentiary weight
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2433 — Sentencing procedures
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2434 — Notice of suspension by court
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2435 — Stay pending appeal
Subchapter 3: Administrative Actions
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2451 — Suspensions for OUI
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2452 — Suspension or revocation of school bus operator endorsement
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2453 — Suspension on administrative determination; excessive alcohol level
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2453-A — Suspension on administrative determination; operating under the influence of drugs
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2454 — Homicide; revocation of license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2455 — Provisions regarding revocation when homicide is alcohol or drug related
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2456 — Negligently causing death; administrative suspension
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2457 — Conditional license holder; OUI
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2458 — Suspension or revocation of license, title, registration or fuel use decal
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2459 — Suspension for failure to meet family financial responsibility
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2459-A — Suspension of license for failure to meet family financial responsibility; Penobscot Nation
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2460 — Reciprocity
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2461 — Suspension for nonresident owner or operator
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2462 — Administrative extension of suspension
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2463 — Revocations upon conviction of certain crimes under Maine Criminal Code
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2464 — Causing serious bodily injury or death while license is suspended or revoked
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2471 — Adult provisional license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2472 — Juvenile provisional license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2481 — Administrative procedures for suspension
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2482 — Notice of suspension or revocation of license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2483 — Hearing request
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2484 — Hearing procedures
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2485 — Decision; appeal
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2486 — Reinstatement fee
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2487 — Proof of financial responsibility
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2501 — Restricted license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2502 — Special licenses for driver education evaluation program; suspension
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2503 — Work-restricted license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2504 — Conditional or restricted license upon completion of alcohol and drug program
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2505 — Special restricted license for participation in education and treatment programs
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2506 — Conditional license
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2507 — Ignition interlock device
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2508 — Ignition interlock device
Subchapter 4: Implied Consent
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2521 — Implied consent to chemical tests
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2522 — Accidents
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2523 — Implied consent; commercial operators
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2524 — Administration of tests
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2525 — Drug impairment assessment
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2526 — Drug recognition experts
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2527 — Rules regulating sample collection and testing procedures
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2528 — Liability
Subchapter 5: Habitual Offender
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2551 — Habitual offender
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2551-A — Habitual offender
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2552 — Immediate revocation; duration of revocation
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2553 — Hearing procedure
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2554 — Relief from habitual offender status
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2555 — Revocation following restoration
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2556 — Work-restricted license for habitual offender
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2557 — Operating after habitual offender revocation
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2557-A — Operating after habitual offender revocation
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2558 — Aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation
Subchapter 6: General Enforcement Provisions
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2601 — Summons and Complaint
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2602 — Jurisdiction
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2603 — Speedy trial
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2604 — Traffic infraction; general penalty
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2605 — Suspension on nonappearance or nonpayment of fine
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2605-A — Restricted license on nonappearance or nonpayment of fine
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2606 — Enforcement of suspension
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2607 — Conviction record to Secretary of State; public record
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2608 — Suspension for failure to appear, answer or pay a fine in a traffic infraction offense
Title 34A: Corrections
Chapter 15: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
Subchapter 2: Sex Offender Registration
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11221 — Maintenance of sex offender registry
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11222 — Duty of offender to register
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11223 — Duty of person establishing domicile or residence to register
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11224 — Duty of person employed or attending college or school
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11225 — Duration of registration
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11225-A — Duration of registration
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11226 — Fee
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11227 — Violation
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11228 — Certification by record custodian
Subchapter 3: Notification
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11251 — Notification
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11252 — Immunity from liability
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11253 — Risk assessment
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11254 — Mandatory notification of conditional release or discharge of registrants
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11255 — Public notification
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11256 — Risk assessment assistance
Chapter 17: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2013
Subchapter 1: General Provisions
Subchapter 2: Sex Offender Registration
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11281 — Maintenance of sex offender registry
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11282 — Duty of offender to register
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11283 — Duty of person establishing domicile or residence in this State to register
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11284 — Duty of person employed or attending college or school in this State to register
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11285 — Duration of registration
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11286 — Duty of person traveling beyond the jurisdiction of the United States
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11287 — Fee
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11288 — Violation
- 34-A M.R.S. § 11289 — Certification by record custodian