Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 2166 — Return of warrant for pardon or commutation
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 307: Pardons and Commutation of Sentences, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 2166
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.
When a convict is pardoned or the convict's punishment is commuted, the officer to whom the warrant for that purpose is issued shall, as soon as may be after executing the warrant, make return thereof, under the officer's hand, with the officer's doings thereon, to the office of the Secretary of State. The officer shall file in the clerk's office of the court in which the offender was convicted an attested copy of the warrant and return, a brief abstract whereof the clerk shall subjoin to the record of the conviction and sentence.
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