Maine · Maine Revised Statutes — Title 15, Court Procedure — Criminal
Me. Rev. Stat. (Crim. Proc.) § 290: Sureties may surrender principals; new recognizances
What this law says, in plain English
A surety in a recognizance may surrender the principal and be released from future liability. The principal may enter into a new recognizance with sufficient sureties and be discharged.
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