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15 M.R.S. § 1466 — Summon to testify in this State

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Subchapter 4: Prisoners As Witnesses, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 1466

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.

15 M.R.S. § 1466Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this State, a judge of the court may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or action and that the person's presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate must be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice must be given to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined.

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