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15 M.R.S. § 282 — Complaint that offense threatened

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

Part of Chapter 11: Security to Keep the Peace, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 282

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. § 282Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
A judge described in section 281, on complaint that any person threatens to commit an offense against the person or property of another, shall examine, on oath, the complainant and any other witnesses produced, reduce the complaint to writing and cause the complainant to sign it. If on examination of the facts the judge thinks that there is just cause to fear the commission of an offense, the judge shall issue a warrant reciting the substance of the complaint and commanding the officer to whom it is directed to arrest forthwith the accused and bring the accused before the judge or court.

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