Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 609: HABEAS CORPUS
14 §5537. Transfer of prisoner with intent to elude service; penalty

§5537. Transfer of prisoner with intent to elude service; penalty
A person ordered to be committed to prison on a criminal charge shall be carried to such prison as soon as may be and shall not be delivered from one officer to another except for easy and speedy conveyance; nor removed without his consent from one county to another unless by habeas corpus. If anyone having in his custody or under his power a person entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, whether issued or not, transfers him to the custody of another or changes his place of confinement with intent to elude the service of such writ, he forfeits $400 to the party aggrieved.

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL

Part 6: EXTRAORDINARY WRITS

Chapter 609: HABEAS CORPUS

14 §5501. Right to writ

14 §5502. Post-conviction habeas corpus (REPEALED)

14 §5503. Jurisdiction; commencement of proceedings; petition; amendments (REPEALED)

14 §5504. Contents of petition (REPEALED)

14 §5505. Further pleadings and procedure (REPEALED)

14 §5506. Counsel for indigent petitioners (REPEALED)

14 §5507. Waiver of grounds not claimed; effect of prior petition of coram nobis or error (REPEALED)

14 §5508. Review of final judgment; release pending appeal (REPEALED)

14 §5509. Minors in armed forces entitled to writ

14 §5510. Parent or guardian of minor may have writ

14 §5511. Application for writ on behalf of another

14 §5512. Writ not available

14 §5513. Application

14 §5514. Where writ returnable; entry of judgment

14 §5515. Application; denial of writ

14 §5516. Excessive bail

14 §5517. Refusal of copy of precept; writ granted

14 §5518. Form of writ

14 §5519. Time of service, return and tender of fees

14 §5520. Production of body of restrained person; sickness

14 §5521. Examination of causes of restraint

14 §5522. Notice to interested persons before discharge

14 §5523. Proceedings in court

14 §5524. Detention for bailable offense; admission to bail (REPEALED)

14 §5525. Form of writ if restraint not by officer

14 §5526. Issuance and service of writ

14 §5527. Designation of unknown person; restraining person

14 §5528. -- restrained person

14 §5529. Form of return

14 §5530. Verification of returns

14 §5531. Custody of party

14 §5532. Neglect of officer to deliver copy of precept

14 §5533. Failure to serve writ; contempt

14 §5534. Attachment against sheriff; service

14 §5535. Refusal to obey writ

14 §5536. No rearrest after discharge

14 §5537. Transfer of prisoner with intent to elude service; penalty

14 §5538. Penalty no bar to action

14 §5539. Third person may appear by stipulating for costs

14 §5540. Bail; exceptions (REPEALED)

14 §5541. Bail commissioners appointed by the court (REPEALED)

14 §5542. Bail for persons committed for not finding sureties (REPEALED)

14 §5543. Surety bonds authorized in criminal cases

14 §5544. Admission to bail before commitment; on Lord's Day (REPEALED)

14 §5545. Habeas corpus for prisoner as witness

14 §5546. Habeas corpus for mentally ill person

14 §5547. Orders to ensure the integrity of the judicial process (REPEALED)