Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 1091 — Failure to appear; penalty
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 5: Enforcement, Maine Revised Statutes.
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Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 1091
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
1. Failure to appear. A defendant who has been admitted to either preconviction or postconviction bail and who, in fact, fails to appear as required is guilty of:
A. A Class E crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of less than one year; or
B. A Class C crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of one year or more.
2. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection 1 that the failure to appear resulted from just cause.
3. Strict liability. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.
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