Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 9: ATTORNEY GENERAL
5 §202. Employment of detectives

§202. Employment of detectives
The Attorney General may, for the Department of the Attorney General or through the several district attorneys or other officers of the State, employ such detectives or other persons, offer rewards or use other means that the Attorney General considers advisable for the detection, arrest and apprehension of persons who commit crime in this State. Detectives with the department may exercise all the powers necessary to levy and enforce writs of execution on judgments owed to the State. Any property seized as payment towards a judgment owed to the State may be sold by the State at a surplus auction or in any other commercially reasonable manner.   [PL 2007, c. 248, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 567, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 248, §2 (AMD).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES

Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 9: ATTORNEY GENERAL

5 §191. Duties; salary; fees; full time

5 §191-A. Transition period

5 §191-B. Qualification

5 §192. Prosecution of all claims for State

5 §193. Prosecution of intruders

5 §194. Public charities

5 §194-A. Nonprofit hospital and medical service organizations

5 §194-B. Definitions

5 §194-C. Notice and approval for conversion transaction

5 §194-D. Conversion transactions less than $50,000

5 §194-E. Attorney General approval without court review

5 §194-F. Court approval

5 §194-G. Review criteria

5 §194-H. Distribution of proceeds

5 §194-I. Intervention in court proceeding

5 §194-J. Attorney General authority

5 §194-K. Penalties

5 §195. Opinions on questions of law

5 §196. Deputies and assistants; appointment and duties

5 §197. State criminal inspectors; clerks; office expenses

5 §198. Additional assistant attorneys general, clerks or attorneys may be paid from moneys collected by department

5 §199. Consultation with, and advice to, district attorneys

5 §200. Attendance at law court and instruction of county attorneys (REPEALED)

5 §200-A. Criminal division

5 §200-B. Authority of Attorney General to request utility records

5 §200-C. State Fraud Division

5 §200-D. Complaints and investigative records confidential (REPEALED)

5 §200-E. Medical records furnished to prosecutor in certain cases

5 §200-F. Telephone communication by kidnappers

5 §200-G. Strip searches and body cavity searches

5 §200-H. Maine Elder Death Analysis Review Team

5 §200-I. Public Access Division; Public Access Ombudsman

5 §200-J. Cold case homicide unit

5 §200-K. Deadly Force Review Panel

5 §200-L. Attorney General procedures and programs to eliminate profiling (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 5, SECTION 200-K)

5 §200-M. Accidental Drug Overdose Death Review Panel

5 §201. Attendance of witnesses; recognizances

5 §202. Employment of detectives

5 §203. Appropriations

5 §203-A. Accounts established due to court orders or other settlements

5 §203-B. Funds received pursuant to court orders or other settlements of opioid crisis litigation

5 §203-C. Maine Recovery Council

5 §204. Biennial reports (REPEALED)

5 §204-A. Annual report

5 §205. Fees from prosecutors forbidden