Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 1942 — Duty of clerks to collect fines and costs or to issue process for collection
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 2: Clerks of Court, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 1942
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.
A clerk of court, in default of payment to the clerk of fines, forfeitures and bills of costs, shall issue warrants of distress, or such other process therefor as the court finds necessary to enforce the execution of any order, sentence or judgment on behalf of the State, deliver them to the sheriff, or to a constable as the district attorney directs, and enter of record the name of the officer and the time when they are delivered to the officer.
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