Maine Revised Statutes Title 16 Sec. 708 – Inapplicability of this chapter to criminal history record information contained in certain records
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This chapter does not apply to criminal history record information contained in: [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
1. Posters, announcements, lists. Posters, announcements or lists used for identifying or apprehending fugitives from justice or wanted persons;
[PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 16 Sec. 708
- Criminal history record information: includes , but is not limited to, identifiable descriptions or notations of: summonses and arrests; detention; bail; formal criminal charges such as complaints, informations and indictments; any disposition stemming from such charges; post-plea or post-adjudication sentencing; involuntary commitment; execution of and completion of any sentencing alternatives imposed; release and discharge from involuntary commitment; any related pretrial and post-trial appeals, collateral attacks and petitions; and petitions for and warrants of pardons, commutations, reprieves and amnesties. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 16 Sec. 703
- Dissemination: means the transmission of information by any means, including but not limited to orally, in writing or electronically, by or to anyone outside the criminal justice agency that maintains the information. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 16 Sec. 703
- State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 16 Sec. 703
2. Records of entry. Records of entry, such as calls for service, formerly known as “police blotters,” that are maintained by criminal justice agencies, that are compiled and organized chronologically and that are required by law or long-standing custom to be made public;
[PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
3. Records of public judicial proceedings. Records of public judicial proceedings:
A. Retained at or by the District Court, Superior Court or Supreme Judicial Court. Public access to and dissemination of such records for inspection and copying are as provided by rule or administrative order of the Supreme Judicial Court; and [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
B. From federal courts and courts of other states; [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
4. Published opinions. Published court or administrative opinions not impounded or otherwise declared confidential;
[PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
5. Records of public proceedings. Records of public administrative or legislative proceedings;
[PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
6. Records of traffic crimes. Records of traffic crimes maintained by the Secretary of State or by a state department of transportation or motor vehicles or the equivalent thereof for the purposes of regulating the issuance, suspension, revocation or renewal of a driver’s, pilot’s or other operator’s license; and
[PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
7. Pardons, other than full and free pardons, commutations, reprieves and amnesties. Petitions for and warrants of pardons, commutations, reprieves and amnesties other than warrants of full and free pardons and their respective petitions.
[PL 2017, c. 432, Pt. B, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 432, Pt. B, §2 (AMD).