Maine statute
17-A M.R.S. § 16 — Warrantless arrests by a private person
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 1: Preliminary, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 16
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.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, a private person has the authority to arrest without a warrant:
1. Any person who the private person has probable cause to believe has committed or is committing:
A. Murder; or
B. Any Class A, Class B or Class C crime.
2. Any person who, in fact, is committing in the private person's presence and in a public place any of the Class D or Class E crimes described in section 207; 209; 211; 254; 255-A; 501-A, subsection 1, paragraph B; 503; 751; 806; or 1002.
A.
3. For the purposes of subsection 2, in the presence has the same meaning given in section 15, subsection 2.
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