Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2010 – Joint and several order
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2010
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Offender: means an individual or an organization convicted of a crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002
- Restitution: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Victim: means a government that suffers economic loss or a person who suffers personal injury, death or economic loss as a result of a crime or the good faith effort of any person to prevent a crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002
If the victim‘s financial loss has been caused by more than one offender, the order must designate that the restitution is to be paid on a joint and several basis, unless the court specifically determines that one defendant should not equally share the burden. The agency collecting restitution pursuant to a joint and several order may, after the full amount of restitution has been collected and disbursed to the victim, continue to collect payments from an offender who has not paid an equal share of the restitution and may disburse the money collected to any other offender who has paid more than an equal share of the restitution. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).