Maine Revised Statutes
Article 2: COMMITTED OFFENDERS GENERALLY
34-A §3044. Escapees; fugitives; apprehension

§3044. Escapees; fugitives; apprehension
1.  Escapees.  The commissioner shall take all proper measures for, and may, with the approval of the Governor, offer a reward for the apprehension and return of any client in any correctional or detention facility who has escaped from the control of the department.  
A. The reward may not exceed $1,000.   [PL 1983, c. 581, §§24, 59 (RPR).]
B. Upon satisfactory proof that the terms of the reward offer have been complied with, the Governor may draw a warrant upon the Treasurer of State for the payment of the reward.   [PL 1991, c. 314, §48 (AMD).]
[PL 1991, c. 314, §48 (AMD).]
2.  Fugitives.  When there is reasonable cause to believe that a person charged with a crime and unapprehended for it cannot be arrested and secured in the ordinary course of proceedings, the Governor may, upon application in writing of the Attorney General or district attorney for the county in which the crime was committed, and upon terms which he deems expedient and proper, offer a suitable reward for the arrest, return and delivery into custody of the fugitive from justice.  
A. The reward may not exceed $1,000.   [PL 1983, c. 581, §§24, 59 (RPR).]
B. Upon satisfactory proof that the terms of the reward offer have been complied with, the Governor may draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of State for the payment of the reward.   [PL 1983, c. 581, §§24, 59 (RPR).]
[PL 1983, c. 581, §§24, 59 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 581, §§24,59 (RPR). PL 1991, c. 314, §48 (AMD).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 34-A: CORRECTIONS

Chapter 3: CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2: COMMITTED OFFENDERS GENERALLY

34-A §3031. Rights

34-A §3031-A. Transportation outside the State for medical care

34-A §3031-B. Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service providers for services outside department facility

34-A §3032. Disciplinary action

34-A §3033. Work assignments

34-A §3034. Prisoner labor (REPEALED)

34-A §3035. Rehabilitative programs

34-A §3035-A. Solid waste recycling program (REPEALED)

34-A §3036. Halfway house program (REPEALED)

34-A §3036-A. Supervised community confinement program

34-A §3036-B. Reentry houses

34-A §3037. Physical and mental examination

34-A §3038. Administration of medication (REPEALED)

34-A §3038-A. Care of children of committed offenders

34-A §3039. Clients' money

34-A §3039-A. Family support

34-A §3040. Clients' property presumed abandoned

34-A §3040-A. Property of deceased clients

34-A §3041. Reduction of sentence (REPEALED)

34-A §3042. Disposition of detainers

34-A §3043. Aliens

34-A §3044. Escapees; fugitives; apprehension

34-A §3045. Death of client

34-A §3046. Funeral and deathbed visits (REPEALED)

34-A §3046-A. Funeral and deathbed visits

34-A §3047. Discharge or parole

34-A §3048. Religious services

34-A §3049. Involuntary medication of person with mental illness

34-A §3050. Report regarding juveniles in custody

34-A §3051. Transportation of female clients to and from medical appointments

34-A §3052. Comprehensive substance use disorder treatment program (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 34-A, SECTION 3050)