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15 M.R.S. § 155 — Hearing
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 7: Fresh Pursuit, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 155
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.
If an arrest is made in this State by an officer of another state in accordance with section 154, the officer shall without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was lawful, the magistrate shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the Governor of this State or admit the person to bail for that purpose. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was unlawful, the magistrate shall discharge the person arrested.
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