Title 17-A

An individual who has been convicted of a Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D or Class E crime may be sentenced to pay a fine. Except as provided in section 1706 and unless a different maximum fine is specified by statute, the maximum fine that may be imposed by a court on a convi…

An organization that has been convicted of murder or a Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D or Class E crime may be sentenced to pay a fine. Except as provided in section 1706 and unless a different maximum fine is specified by statute, the maximum fine that may be imposed by a cou…

Notwithstanding the maximum fine amounts specified in sections 1704 and 1705, a court may impose fines as provided in this section. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 1. Pecuniary gain. Regardless of the classification of the crime, the court may impose a fine on a convicted per…

When multiple fines are imposed on a convicted person at the same time or when a fine is imposed on a convicted person already subject to an unpaid or partly unpaid fine, the fines must be cumulative, unless the court specifies that only the highest single fine must be paid in th…

1. Timing of fine payment; restitution. If a convicted person is sentenced to pay a fine, the court may grant permission for the payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If such permission is not included in the sentence, the fine must be…

If, in any judicial proceeding following conviction, a court issues a final judgment invalidating the conviction, the judgment may include an order that a fine payment or any part of a fine payment that the convicted person paid pursuant to the sentence for that conviction be ret…

If a convicted person who has been sentenced to pay a fine is in danger of default, that person shall move the court for a modification of time or method of payment to avoid a default. The court may modify its prior order to allow additional time for payment or to reduce the amou…

1. Return to court upon default. A convicted person who has been sentenced to pay a fine and who fails to pay part or all of that fine is in default and must be returned to court to explain the failure to pay the fine. 2. Court authorized to conduct default hearing. A convicted p…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a person is convicted under section 354, subsection 2, paragraph A of theft by deception due to that person's intentional creation or reinforcement of a false impression that the person is a veteran or a member of the Armed…

If a court imposes a sentencing alternative authorized under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, it must attach as a condition of probation that the convicted individual pay, through the Department of Corrections, a supervision fee imposed pursuant to section 1807, …

If a court imposes a sentencing alternative authorized under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, upon the request of the Department of Corrections, the court shall attach as a condition of probation an electronic monitoring fee, a substance testing fee or both, as g…

If a court requires as a condition of probation that the convicted individual remain within the jurisdiction of the court, unless permission to leave temporarily is granted in writing by the convicted individual's probation officer, the Department of Corrections may impose on the…

If a court imposes a suspended sentence with administrative release pursuant to section 1853 and attaches requirements for the term of the administrative release, the court-imposed requirements of administrative release may include an administrative supervision fee, as governed b…

If an individual consents to a deferred disposition pursuant to section 1901 and a court orders sentencing to be deferred and imposes requirements to be in effect during the period of deferment, the court-imposed deferment requirements may include an administrative supervision fe…

In addition to the fees authorized by this subchapter, the court shall impose, as applicable, the following surcharges and assessments. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 1. Surcharge and assessment applicable to all criminal cases. The court shall impose on all persons convicte…

Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the Supreme Judicial Court to impose fees, surcharges or assessments by administrative order or rule.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 1. Dating partner. "Dating partner" has the same meaning as in Title 19‑A, section 4102, subsection 4. 2. Family or household m…

1. General eligibility. A person who has been convicted of a crime may be sentenced to a sentencing alternative under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, unless: A. The conviction is for murder; [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] B. The conviction is for a Class D …

In imposing a sentencing alternative under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, the court shall set a definite period of probation.

1. Limit on length of probation. Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, 4, 4‑A, 5 and 6, the period of probation for a person may not exceed: A. For a Class A crime, 4 years; [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] B. For a Class B crime, 3 years; [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]…

1. Determination of date probation begins; revocation; place of imprisonment. Unless prohibited pursuant to section 1802, subsection 1, paragraphs A to F, the court may impose a split sentence by sentencing an individual to a term of imprisonment not to exceed the maximum term au…

Unless prohibited pursuant to section 1802, subsection 1, paragraphs A to F, the court may sentence an individual to a term of imprisonment not to exceed the maximum term authorized for the crime, suspend the entire term of imprisonment and accompany the suspension with a period …

1. Purpose of conditions. If the court imposes a sentencing alternative under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, it shall attach conditions of probation, as authorized by this section, as it considers to be reasonable and appropriate to assist the person to lead a …

1. Persons required to appear before board. If the court imposes a sentencing alternative that includes a period of probation, the court shall require as a condition of probation that the person appear before a community reparations board, referred to in this section as "the boar…

1. Authority of probation officer. If a probation officer has probable cause to believe that a person on probation has violated a condition of that person's probation, that officer may arrest the person or cause the person to be arrested for the alleged violation. If the probatio…

1. Authority of probation officer. If a probation officer has probable cause to believe that a person on probation has violated a condition of probation, that officer may deliver to that person, or cause to be delivered to that person, a summons ordering that person to appear for…

1. Timing of motion for probation revocation. A motion for probation revocation, which first must be approved by the prosecuting attorney, must be filed within 3 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, of the arrest of a person on probation pursuant to section 1809. The …

1. Place of hearing. The hearing on a motion to revoke probation must be held in the court that sentenced the person to probation in either the county or division in which the person resides or is incarcerated, unless the court orders otherwise in the interests of justice. A moti…

1. Discretionary appeal to Law Court. Review of a revocation of probation pursuant to section 1812 must be by appeal to the Law Court. A person whose probation is revoked may not appeal as of right. The time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking o…

Whenever a probation officer has probable cause to believe that a person under the supervision of that probation officer has violated a condition of probation but the violation does not constitute a crime, the probation officer, instead of commencing a probation revocation procee…

A period of probation is completed when the last day of the period, excluding any days during which the running of the period of probation is tolled, ends.

The court may sentence a person who has been convicted of a Class D or Class E crime or a Class C crime under Title 29‑A, former section 2557, section 2557‑A or section 2558 to a sentencing alternative under section 1502, subsection 2, paragraphs I, J and K for an individual and …

1. Time limit. A period of administrative release imposed pursuant to this subchapter may not exceed one year. 2. Modification of requirements. During the period of administrative release and upon application of a person placed on administrative release or of the attorney for the…

1. Suspension of term of imprisonment accompanied by administrative release. The court may sentence a person to a term of imprisonment not to exceed the maximum term authorized for a Class D or Class E crime or the Class C crime under Title 29‑A, former section 2557, section 2557…

If the court imposes a suspended sentence with administrative release under section 1853, the court shall attach requirements of administrative release, as authorized by this section, as the court determines to be reasonable and appropriate to help ensure accountability and rehab…

1. Motion to revoke administrative release. If during the period of administrative release the attorney for the State has probable cause to believe that the person placed on administrative release has violated a requirement of administrative release, the attorney for the State ma…

The hearing on a motion to revoke administrative release is governed by section 1812.

Review of a revocation of administrative release pursuant to section 1856 must be by appeal, as provided under section 1813.

1. Mandatory imposition of supervised release. If a person is convicted of gross sexual assault with a person who has not yet attained 12 years of age, in violation of section 253, subsection 1, paragraph C, the court, in addition to imposing as part of the sentence a definite te…

If the court imposes a sentence that includes a period of supervised release, it shall set conditions of supervised release. The conditions of release that apply to probation under section 1807 apply to conditions of supervised release. The court may also set conditions of superv…

The procedures, rights and responsibilities that apply to probation revocation under sections 1809 to 1812, including bail under section 1811, subsections 5 and 6 and appellate review of revocation under section 1813, apply to revocation of supervised release.

A person who has pleaded guilty to a Class B crime under chapter 45 or a Class C, Class D or Class E crime and who consents to a deferred disposition in writing is eligible for a deferred disposition.

1. Authority of court to order deferment and impose requirements; administrative supervision fee. Following the acceptance of a plea of guilty for a crime for which a person is eligible for a deferred disposition under section 1901, the court may order sentencing deferred to a da…

1. Final disposition following period of deferment. Unless a court hearing is sooner held under subsection 3, and except as provided in subsection 2, at the conclusion of the period of deferment, after notice, a person who was granted deferred disposition pursuant to section 1902…

A person may not attack the legality of a deferred disposition, including a final disposition, except that a person who has been determined by a court to have inexcusably failed to comply with a court-imposed deferment requirement and thereafter has been sentenced to an alternati…

The Legislature finds and declares that the victims of crimes often suffer losses through no fault of their own and for which there is no compensation. It also finds that repayment, in whole or in part, by the offender to the victim of the offender's crime can operate to rehabili…