Maine statute

15 M.R.S. § 290 — Sureties may surrender principals; new recognizances

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. § 290

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. § 290Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

A surety in a recognizance taken under this chapter may surrender the principal the same as bail in civil cases, and the surety must thereupon be discharged from liability for any subsequent breach of the recognizance. The principal may recognize anew with sufficient sureties for the residue of the term before a judge and then be discharged.

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