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15 M.R.S. § 2261 — Definitions
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 310A: Post-judgment Motion to Seal Criminal History Record, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 2261
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.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1. Administration of criminal justice. "Administration of criminal justice" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 1.
2. Another jurisdiction. "Another jurisdiction" has the same meaning as in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 3-B.
3. Criminal history record information. "Criminal history record information" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 3.
4. Criminal justice agency. "Criminal justice agency" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 4.
5. Dissemination. "Dissemination" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 6.
6. Eligible criminal conviction. "Eligible criminal conviction" means:
A. A conviction for a current or former Class E crime, except a conviction for a current or former Class E crime under Title 17-A, chapter 11; and
B. A conviction for a crime when the crime was committed prior to January 30, 2017 for:
(1) Aggravated trafficking, furnishing or cultivation of scheduled drugs under Title 17-A, former section 1105 when the person was convicted of cultivating scheduled drugs, the scheduled drug was marijuana and the crime committed was a Class D crime;
(2) Aggravated cultivating of marijuana under Title 17-A, section 1105-D, subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (4);
(3) Aggravated cultivating of marijuana under Title 17-A, section 1105-D, subsection 1, paragraph B-1, subparagraph (4);
(4) Aggravated cultivating of marijuana under Title 17-A, section 1105-D, subsection 1, paragraph D, subparagraph (4); and
(5) Unlawful possession of a scheduled drug under Title 17-A, former section 1107 when that drug was marijuana and the underlying crime was a Class D crime.
7. Sealed record. "Sealed record" means the criminal history record information relating to a specific criminal conviction that a court has ordered to be sealed under section 2264.
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