Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 285 — Discharge on compliance; commitment
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. § 285
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 the accused complies with such order, the accused must be discharged. If the accused does not comply, the accused must be committed to jail for the time for which the accused was required to find sureties or until the accused complies with the order. The judge shall state in the mittimus the cause of commitment and the time and sum for which security was required and return a copy of the warrant to the next term of the Superior Court in the county, and the court shall have cognizance of the case, as if the accused had appealed to that court.
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