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15 M.R.S. § 289 — Recognizance returned to court; penalty remitted

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. § 289

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. § 289Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
All recognizances taken under this chapter shall be returned to the Superior Court on or before the first day of the next term, and be there filed by the clerk as of record. In any action thereon, if the forfeiture is found or confessed, the court may remit so much of the penalty, and on such terms, as it thinks proper.

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