§858. Limitation on actions for penalties
Actions for any penalty or forfeiture on a penal statute, brought by a person to whom the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense. If no person so prosecutes, it may be recovered by civil action, indictment or information in the name and for the use of the State at any time within 2 years after the commission of the offense, and not afterwards.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
Subchapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS
14 §851. Actions against sheriff for escape; for misconduct
14 §852. Mutual and open accounts current
14 §853. Persons under disability may bring action when disability removed
14 §854. Actions for breach of promise to marry prohibited
14 §855. Commencement of new action after failure, defeat or reversal
14 §856. Death of either party before action commenced (REPEALED)
14 §857. Rights of alien enemies in time of war
14 §858. Limitation on actions for penalties
14 §859. Limitation extended in cases of fraud
14 §860. Renewal of promise in writing
14 §861. Judgment where action barred against some and not others
14 §862. When nonjoinder of defendants is pleaded
14 §863. Partial payment and indorsement
14 §864. Presumption of payment after 20 years
14 §865. Application of limitations to counterclaims
14 §866. Defendant out of State when action commenced; insolvency
14 §867. Foreign corporations covered by limitations
14 §868. Action to recover damages for land taken for public use
14 §869. Action barred when no administrator 6 years after death