Title 15, Title 15

When it is desired to have returned to this State a person charged in this State with a crime, and the person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against the person in another state, the Governor of this State may agree with the executive authority of…

If the Governor decides that the demand should be complied with, the Governor shall sign a warrant of arrest, which must be sealed with the state seal and be directed to any law enforcement officer or other person whom the Governor may think fit to entrust with the execution of t…

Such warrant authorizes the officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any place where the accused may be found within the State and to command the aid of any law enforcement officer in the execution of the warrant and to deliver the accused, subject to thi…

Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein as sheriffs and other officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with the like penalties aga…

A person arrested upon a Governor's warrant may not be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person has appointed to receive the person, unless the person is first taken before a judge of a court of record in this State, who shall inform the perso…

At the hearing on the petition contesting extradition, if the Governor's warrant and the demand comply with the provisions of this chapter, the petitioner has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner has not been charged with a crime in the deman…

The order making final disposition of the petition contesting extradition constitutes a final judgment for the purpose of review. A final judgment entered under this section may be reviewed by the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court. An appeal must be taken within 7 d…

An officer who delivers to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in the officer's custody under the Governor's warrant in disobedience of section 210 is guilty of a Class E crime.

The officer or person executing the Governor's warrant of arrest or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which the prisoner may pass. The keeper of the jai…

1. Warrant of arrest. A warrant of arrest shall be issued whenever a person within this State is charged, on the sworn complaint of any credible person before a judge or magistrate of this State, or by a complaint made before a judge or magistrate of this State upon an affidavit …

The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by an officer or a private citizen without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; but when so …

If, from the examination by the judge or magistrate of the complaint, affidavits in support thereof, formal charging documents or judgments supplied by the demanding state or any other evidence, including reliable hearsay evidence that may be presented, it appears that the person…

Except as otherwise provided, the judge or magistrate may admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties and in such sum as the judge or magistrate determines proper, for the person's appearance before the judge or magistrate at a time specifie…

If the accused is not arrested under a warrant of the Governor by the expiration of time specified in the warrant, bond or undertaking, the judge or magistrate may discharge the accused or may continue the case for any further time not to exceed 60 days. If, after the expiration …

If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender according to the condition of the prisoner's bond, the court, by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited. Recovery may be had thereon in the name of the State as in the case of other bonds or undertaking…

If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this State and is still pending, the Governor at the Governor's discretion either may surrender the person on the demand of the executive authority of another state or may hold the person until th…

The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which the accused is charged may not be inquired into by the Governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of crime in legal form as provided has been presented to the Governor, exce…

The Governor may recall the Governor's warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever the Governor considers it proper.

Whenever the Governor demands a fugitive from justice, charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of the fugitive's bail, probation or parole in this State, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the Chief Justice or an Associate …

1. Person charged with crime. When it is required to return to this State a person charged with a crime in this State, the prosecuting attorney shall present to the Governor a written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged. The application must state: …

1. Expenses paid from funds allotted to prosecuting attorney. When a fugitive from justice is returned to the State of Maine for prosecution, expenses incurred that are necessary and proper for the return must be paid out of the funds allotted for that purpose to the district att…

1. Establishment; use. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there is established an Extradition and Prosecution Expenses Account in each prosecutorial district in an amount not to exceed $30,000, to be administered by the district attorney and to be used solely f…

A person brought into this State on extradition based on a criminal charge is not subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which the person is returned until the person has been convicted in the cri…

A person arrested in this State charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement or broken the terms of the person's bail, probation or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in sections 207 and 20…

Whenever a person held as a fugitive in this State has exhausted the person's remedies under this chapter to challenge the person's extradition or has waived extradition, the district attorney shall promptly notify the agents of the demanding state that the fugitive is available …

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this State of its right, power or privilege to try such demanded person for crime committed within this State, or of its right, power or privilege to regain custody of such person by extradition proceedings or othe…

After a person has been brought back to this State upon extradition proceedings, the person may be tried in this State for other crimes that the person may be charged with having committed in this State as well as that specified in the requisition for the person's extradition.

This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Criminal Extradition Act" and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.