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17-A M.R.S. § 2101 — Definitions
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 75: Victims' Rights, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 2101
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.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1. Crime. "Crime" means a criminal offense in which, as defined, there is a victim.
2. Victim. "Victim" means:
A. A person who is the victim of a crime; and
B. The immediate family of a victim of a crime if:
(1) The underlying crime is one of domestic violence or sexual assault or one in which the family suffered serious physical trauma or serious financial loss; or
(2) Due to death, age, physical or mental disease, disorder or defect, the victim is unable to participate as allowed under this chapter.
As used in this paragraph, "immediate family" means the spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, stepchild or stepparent of the victim.
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