Maine · Maine Revised Statutes — Title 17-A, Maine Criminal Code
Me. Rev. Stat. (Criminal Code) § 437: Permissible destruction or transfer of ownership to the State of a computer used in the commission of a crime
What this law says, in plain English
After criminal conviction and appeals conclude, the State may destroy or take ownership of a computer used in a crime if the owner does not claim it within 6 months. Owners may reclaim computers used in non-sexual-abuse crimes by written notice within that period.
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