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Chapter 1: JURISDICTION AND VENUE
15 §1. Superior Court; criminal jurisdiction - §1. Superior Court; criminal jurisdiction 1. Jurisdiction. The Superior Court...
15 §2. Death and injury separated by state line (REPEALED) - §2. Death and injury separated by state line (REPEALED) SECTION...
15 §3. Offenses near county line or in 2 counties - §3. Offenses near county line or in 2 counties When...
15 §4. County lines terminating at or near tidewaters; course - §4. County lines terminating at or near tidewaters; course The...
15 §5. Warrants for offenses at or near tidewaters; authority of officers - §5. Warrants for offenses at or near tidewaters; authority of...
15 §6. Acquittal in part; conviction in part - §6. Acquittal in part; conviction in part When a person,...
15 §7. Removal of persons charged with crime in 2 counties - §7. Removal of persons charged with crime in 2 counties...
15 §8. Duties of officer holding prisoner or holding court's order of removal - §8. Duties of officer holding prisoner or holding court's order...
Chapter 3: SEARCH WARRANTS
15 §51. Issuance (REPEALED) - §51. Issuance (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §17...
15 §52. Complaint (REPEALED) - §52. Complaint (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §17...
15 §53. Contents of warrant (REPEALED) - §53. Contents of warrant (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c....
15 §54. Search of dwelling house (REPEALED) - §54. Search of dwelling house (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965,...
15 §55. Search warrants; issuance by justice, judge or justice of the peace - §55. Search warrants; issuance by justice, judge or justice of...
15 §56. Service of criminal process on providers of electronic communication service or providers of remote computing service - §56. Service of criminal process on providers of electronic communication...
15 §57. Restriction on no-knock warrants; requirements for no-knock warrants - §57. Restriction on no-knock warrants; requirements for no-knock warrants 1....
Chapter 5: MENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMINAL CONDUCT
15 §101. Mental examination and observation of persons accused of crime (REPEALED) - §101. Mental examination and observation of persons accused of crime...
15 §101-A. Access to records by persons or entities performing examinations or evaluations (REPEALED) - §101-A. Access to records by persons or entities performing examinations...
15 §101-B. Mental examination and observation of persons accused of crime (REPEALED) - §101-B. Mental examination and observation of persons accused of crime...
15 §101-C. Access to records by persons or entities performing examinations or evaluations - §101-C. Access to records by persons or entities performing examinations...
15 §101-D. Mental examination of persons accused of crime - §101-D. Mental examination of persons accused of crime 1. Competency...
15 §102. No responsibility for criminal act produced by mental disease or defect (REPEALED) - §102. No responsibility for criminal act produced by mental disease...
15 §103. Commitment following acceptance of negotiated insanity plea or following verdict or finding of insanity - §103. Commitment following acceptance of negotiated insanity plea or following...
15 §103-A. Commitment affected by certain sentences - §103-A. Commitment affected by certain sentences 1. Interruption of commitment....
15 §104. Release and discharge, hearing, payment of fees (REPEALED) - §104. Release and discharge, hearing, payment of fees (REPEALED) SECTION...
15 §104-A. Release and discharge, hearing, payment of fees - §104-A. Release and discharge, hearing, payment of fees 1. Release...
15 §104-B. Failure of patient to return - §104-B. Failure of patient to return If any patient committed...
15 §105. Authority to receive persons for observation committed by the United States District Court. (REPEALED) - §105. Authority to receive persons for observation committed by the...
15 §106. Involuntary medication of incompetent defendant - §106. Involuntary medication of incompetent defendant 1. Definition. As used...
15 §107. Involuntary medication of patient - §107. Involuntary medication of patient 1. Definitions. As used in...
15 §108. Court-ordered independent examinations - §108. Court-ordered independent examinations Before making a determination under section...
15 §109. Committee for the oversight of patient human rights - §109. Committee for the oversight of patient human rights 1....
Chapter 7: FRESH PURSUIT
15 §151. Title - §151. Title This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform...
15 §152. Fresh pursuit defined - §152. Fresh pursuit defined The term "fresh pursuit" as used...
15 §153. State defined - §153. State defined For the purpose of this chapter the...
15 §154. Arrest; exception - §154. Arrest; exception Any member of a duly organized state,...
15 §155. Hearing - §155. Hearing If an arrest is made in this State...
Chapter 9: CRIMINAL EXTRADITION
Subchapter 1: ISSUANCE OF GOVERNOR'S WARRANT
15 §201. Definitions - §201. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context...
15 §202. Governor to deliver up person charged with crime in other state - §202. Governor to deliver up person charged with crime in...
15 §203. Form of demand - §203. Form of demand 1. Persons accused of a crime....
15 §204. Attorney General to investigate at demand of Governor - §204. Attorney General to investigate at demand of Governor When...
15 §205. Extradition of prisoners or those awaiting trial or absent by compulsion - §205. Extradition of prisoners or those awaiting trial or absent...
15 §206. Extradition of those not present at time of commission of crime (REPEALED) - §206. Extradition of those not present at time of commission...
15 §207. Governor to issue warrant and deliver to officer - §207. Governor to issue warrant and deliver to officer If...
Subchapter 2: PROCEEDINGS AFTER ISSUANCE OF GOVERNOR'S WARRANT
15 §208. Warrant to authorize arrest - §208. Warrant to authorize arrest Such warrant shall authorize the...
15 §209. Arresting officer may command assistance - §209. Arresting officer may command assistance Every such officer or...
15 §210. Rights of accused person; habeas corpus - §210. Rights of accused person; habeas corpus A person arrested...
15 §210-A. Procedure at hearing - §210-A. Procedure at hearing At the hearing on the petition...
15 §210-B. Review of final judgment by Law Court - §210-B. Review of final judgment by Law Court The order...
15 §211. Disobedience of officer - §211. Disobedience of officer Any officer who shall deliver to...
15 §212. Prisoner confined in jail - §212. Prisoner confined in jail The officer or person executing...
Subchapter 3: ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF GOVERNOR'S WARRANT
15 §213. Arrest prior to requisition - §213. Arrest prior to requisition 1. Warrant of arrest. A...
15 §214. Arrest without warrant; hearing - §214. Arrest without warrant; hearing The arrest of a person...
15 §215. Commitment to await requisition - §215. Commitment to await requisition If, from the examination by...
15 §216. Bail permitted in discretion of court except in certain cases - §216. Bail permitted in discretion of court except in certain...
15 §217. Extension of time of commitment - §217. Extension of time of commitment If the accused is...
15 §218. Failure to appear - §218. Failure to appear If the prisoner is admitted to...
Subchapter 4: APPLICATION; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
15 §219. Governor may surrender or hold prisoner where proceedings begun in this State - §219. Governor may surrender or hold prisoner where proceedings begun...
15 §220. Guilt or innocence not inquired into after extradition demanded - §220. Guilt or innocence not inquired into after extradition demanded...
15 §221. Warrant for arrest recalled or another issued - §221. Warrant for arrest recalled or another issued The Governor...
15 §222. Warrant for agent to receive accused from another state - §222. Warrant for agent to receive accused from another state...
15 §223. Application for issuance of requisition - §223. Application for issuance of requisition 1. Person charged with...
15 §224. Expenses paid on rendition of prisoners - §224. Expenses paid on rendition of prisoners 1. Expenses paid...
15 §224-A. Extradition and Prosecution Expenses Account - §224-A. Extradition and Prosecution Expenses Account 1. Establishment; use. Notwithstanding...
15 §225. Extradited persons except from civil process - §225. Extradited persons except from civil process A person brought...
15 §226. Waiver of extradition - §226. Waiver of extradition Any person arrested in this State...
15 §226-A. Delivery of fugitive to agents - §226-A. Delivery of fugitive to agents Whenever a person held...
15 §227. Non-waiver by this State - §227. Non-waiver by this State Nothing in this chapter shall...
15 §228. Trial for crimes other than specified - §228. Trial for crimes other than specified After a person...
15 §229. Title - §229. Title This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform...
Chapter 11: SECURITY TO KEEP THE PEACE
15 §281. Power of courts to keep the peace; security required - §281. Power of courts to keep the peace; security required...
15 §282. Complaint that offense threatened - §282. Complaint that offense threatened Any judge described in section...
15 §283. Complaint not sustained; frivolous or malicious - §283. Complaint not sustained; frivolous or malicious If the judge,...
15 §284. Sureties to keep peace; costs; binding over - §284. Sureties to keep peace; costs; binding over When the...
15 §285. Discharge on compliance; commitment - §285. Discharge on compliance; commitment If the accused complies with...
15 §286. Appeals - §286. Appeals Any person aggrieved by the order of a...
15 §287. Failure to prosecute appeal - §287. Failure to prosecute appeal If the appellant fails to...
15 §288. Recognizance after commitment - §288. Recognizance after commitment A person committed for not recognizing...
15 §289. Recognizance returned to court; penalty remitted - §289. Recognizance returned to court; penalty remitted All recognizances taken...
15 §290. Sureties may surrender principals; new recognizances - §290. Sureties may surrender principals; new recognizances Any surety in...
15 §291. Judge on view; sureties without formal complaint - §291. Judge on view; sureties without formal complaint Whoever in...
15 §292. Persons going armed without reasonable cause - §292. Persons going armed without reasonable cause Whoever goes armed...
Chapter 12: PROTECTIVE ORDERS (REPEALED)
15 §301. Protective orders in crimes between family members (REPEALED) - §301. Protective orders in crimes between family members (REPEALED) SECTION...
Chapter 12-A: CRIMES BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS
15 §321. Protective orders in crimes between family members - §321. Protective orders in crimes between family members 1. Definition....
Chapter 13: ACCESSORIES
15 §341. Accessory; punishment; conviction with or without principal; place of trial (REPEALED) - §341. Accessory; punishment; conviction with or without principal; place of...
15 §342. Accessories after the fact defined (REPEALED) - §342. Accessories after the fact defined (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
Chapter 15: POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY PROHIBITED PERSONS
15 §391. Definitions (REPEALED) - §391. Definitions (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 696, §166...
15 §392. Application (REPEALED) - §392. Application (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 327, §1...
15 §393. Possession of firearms prohibited for certain persons - §393. Possession of firearms prohibited for certain persons 1. Possession...
Chapter 17: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
15 §451. Felony defined (REPEALED) - §451. Felony defined (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 499,...
15 §452. Limitations on prosecution (REPEALED) - §452. Limitations on prosecution (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c....
15 §453. Detention at State Prison of dangerous persons (REPEALED) - §453. Detention at State Prison of dangerous persons (REPEALED) SECTION...
15 §454. Murder or felony murder; filing copies of proceedings; expenses - §454. Murder or felony murder; filing copies of proceedings; expenses...
15 §455. Record of sales of firearms - §455. Record of sales of firearms 1. Forms. [PL 2017,...
15 §455-A. Warning requirement upon sales of firearms - §455-A. Warning requirement upon sales of firearms 1. Posting of...
15 §456. Records of sales of used merchandise (REPEALED) - §456. Records of sales of used merchandise (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY...
15 §457. Open pretrial criminal proceeding - §457. Open pretrial criminal proceeding 1. Definition of pretrial proceeding....