Maine
Maine Revised Statutes — Title 15, Court Procedure — Criminal
526 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 3501 — Interim care
- § 3502 — The Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Human Services 24-hour referral services
- § 3503 — Juveniles; voluntary return home
- § 3504 — Runaway juveniles, shelter and family services needs assessment (REPEALED)
- § 3505 — Runaway juveniles, neglect petition (REPEALED)
- § 3506 — Runaway juveniles, emancipation (REPEALED)
- § 3506-A — Emancipation
- § 3507 — Runaway juveniles returned from another state
- § 3508 — Responsibility of the Department of Human Services (REPEALED)
- § 3509 — Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- § 3601 — Appointment of committee (REPEALED)
- § 3602 — Termination of chapter (REPEALED)
- § 3701 — Civil actions by aggrieved persons authorized
- § 391 — Definitions (REPEALED)
- § 392 — Application (REPEALED)
- § 393 — Possession of firearms prohibited for certain persons
- § 395 — Background checks of firearms buyers
- § 4 — County lines terminating at or near tidewaters; course
- § 451 — Felony defined (REPEALED)
- § 452 — Limitations on prosecution (REPEALED)
- § 453 — Detention at State Prison of dangerous persons (REPEALED)
- § 454 — Murder or felony murder; filing copies of proceedings; expenses
- § 455 — Record of sales of firearms
- § 455-A — Warning requirement upon sales of firearms
- § 456 — Records of sales of used merchandise (REPEALED)
- § 457 — Open pretrial criminal proceeding
- § 458 — Appearance of counsel by remote methods
- § 5 — Warrants for offenses at or near tidewaters; authority of officers
- § 51 — Issuance (REPEALED)
- § 52 — Complaint (REPEALED)
- § 53 — Contents of warrant (REPEALED)
- § 54 — Search of dwelling house (REPEALED)
- § 55 — Search warrants; issuance by justice, judge or justice of the peace
- § 56 — Service of criminal process on providers of electronic communication service or providers of remote computing service
- § 57 — Restriction on no-knock warrants; requirements for no-knock warrants
- § 5801 — Definitions (REPEALED)
- § 5802 — Forfeiture of all property which constitutes the proceeds of criminal enterprise (REPEALED)
- § 5803 — Equitable distribution of forfeited assets (REPEALED)
- § 5821 — Subject property
- § 5821-A — Property not subject to forfeiture based on medical use of cannabis
- § 5821-B — Property not subject to forfeiture based on adult use of cannabis
- § 5822 — Procedure
- § 5823 — Perfecting titles to forfeited vehicles
- § 5824 — Equitable transfer of forfeited assets
- § 5825 — Records; reports
- § 5826 — Criminal forfeiture
- § 5827 — Construction
- § 5828 — Post-seizure proceedings
- § 6 — Acquittal in part; conviction in part
- § 601 — Applicability (REPEALED)
- § 602 — Responsibility to execute arrest warrants (REPEALED)
- § 603 — Warrant repository (REPEALED)
- § 604 — Criteria for selection of arrest warrant repository (REPEALED)
- § 605 — Standards by Attorney General (REPEALED)
- § 606 — Responsibility of court (REPEALED)
- § 607 — Rulemaking (REPEALED)
- § 608 — Bail commissioners in indigent cases (REPEALED)
- § 6101 — Victim involvement in criminal proceedings
- § 6201 — Definitions
- § 6202 — Right to a sexual assault counselor
- § 6203 — Prohibition on use of evidence gathered during sexual assault forensic examination
- § 651 — Definitions
- § 652 — Exclusions
- § 653 — Statewide warrant management system
- § 654 — Warrants
- § 655 — Local entering agency
- § 656 — Responsibilities of law enforcement agencies
- § 657 — Responsibilities of courts
- § 7 — Removal of persons charged with crime in 2 counties
- § 701 — Criminal prosecutions by indictment; excepted cases
- § 702 — Justices, judges and justices of the peace may issue processes
- § 703 — Officer's oath to complaint
- § 704 — Arrests without warrant; liability
- § 705 — Arrests in other counties
- § 706 — District Court; warrants
- § 707 — Certain District Court clerks may issue process (REPEALED)
- § 708 — Preparation of complaints
- § 709 — Definitions
- § 710 — Offenses
- § 711 — Civil remedy
- § 712 — Exceptions
- § 713 — Evidence
- § 714 — Intercepted attorney-client communications of jail and correctional facility residents
- § 751 — Sufficiency of indictment for murder or manslaughter (REPEALED)
- § 752 — Owner of property as used in indictment
- § 753 — General allegation of intent to defraud sufficient
- § 754 — Variance; amendments (REPEALED)
- § 755 — Complaints and indictments not quashed for technicalities nor unimportant defects in venires (REPEALED)
- § 756 — Recitation of ordinance or bylaws
- § 757 — Allegation of prior conviction when sentenced enhanced; procedure (REPEALED)
- § 8 — Duties of officer holding prisoner or holding court's order of removal
- § 801 — Examination of persons arrested (REPEALED)
- § 802 — Discharge on recognizance in county of arrest (REPEALED)
- § 803 — Adjournment of examination on recognizance or commitment (REPEALED)
- § 804 — Failure to appear (REPEALED)
- § 805 — Scope of examination (REPEALED)
- § 806 — Complaint adjudged frivolous or malicious; appeal
- § 807 — Prisoner not asked how to be tried; dilatory pleas verified (REPEALED)
- § 808 — Prisoners; bail or discharge if no indictment (REPEALED)
- § 809 — Standing mute (REPEALED)
- § 810 — Copy of indictment furnished; assignment of counsel
- § 811 — Waiver of indictment; petition; information; notification of rights; additional charges; arraignment in vacation (REPEALED)
- § 812 — Negotiated pleas
- § 813 — State's attorney present at certain proceedings (REPEALED)
- § 814 — Opportunity for State to present relevant information (REPEALED)
- § 815 — Communication between prosecutor and unrepresented defendant in criminal prosecutions
- § 851 — Sureties to make statement of property (REPEALED)
- § 852 — Responsibility of sureties (REPEALED)
- § 853 — Judge to recognize material witnesses, or commit them (REPEALED)
- § 854 — Recognizance for minor (REPEALED)
- § 855 — Bail after commitment (REPEALED)
- § 856 — Return of examinations and recognizances (REPEALED)
- § 891 — Dismissal on satisfaction of private injury
- § 892 — Bar to civil action
- § 931 — Forfeiture of bail; enforcement (REPEALED)
- § 932 — Bail exonerated by surrender before default upon recognizance (REPEALED)
- § 933 — Court may remit penalty; sureties may surrender principal in court (REPEALED)
- § 934 — Liquor cases excepted (REPEALED)
- § 935 — Action on any recognizance dismissed (REPEALED)
- § 936 — Unessential omissions and defects in recognizances not fatal (REPEALED)
- § 937 — Personal recognizance and cash bail (REPEALED)
- § 938 — Surrender before default (REPEALED)
- § 939 — Court may order deposit forfeited (REPEALED)
- § 940 — Surrender after default (REPEALED)
- § 941 — Private claims paid out of forfeited bail
- § 942 — Release on personal recognizance or bond (REPEALED)