§ 2501 Applicability of provisions
§ 2502 Campaign reports in municipal elections
§ 2503 Reapportionment
§ 2504 Circulation of petitions for local initiative
§ 2505 Recall of municipal officials

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 30-A > Part 2 > Subpart 3 > Chapter 121 > Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

  • activities following a traffic or pedestrian stop: include , but are not limited to, asking questions of a person, frisking a person, conducting consensual and nonconsensual searches of a person or property, seizing of property, requiring vehicle occupants to exit a vehicle during a traffic stop, issuing a citation and making an arrest. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4751
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Antique snowmobile: means a snowmobile more than 25 years old that is registered as an antique snowmobile under section 13104, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Criminal proceeding: includes the investigation and prosecution of criminal charges. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4701
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Division: means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Division of Licensing, Registration and Engineering. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Human trafficking offense: includes :
    (1) Aggravated sex trafficking and sex trafficking under Title 17?A, sections 852 and 853, respectively, and criminal forced labor and aggravated criminal forced labor under Title 17?A, sections 304 and 305, respectively; and
    (2) Except as provided in subparagraph (1), all offenses in Title 17?A, chapters 11, 12 and 13 if accompanied by the destruction, concealment, removal, confiscation or possession of any actual or purported passport or other immigration document or other actual or purported government identification document of the other person or done using any scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause the other person to believe that if that person does not perform certain labor or services, including prostitution, that the person or a 3rd person will be subject to a harm to their health, safety or immigration status. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4701
  • in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Law enforcement agency: means an agency in the State charged with enforcement of state, county, municipal or federal laws or laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe, with the prevention, detection or investigation of criminal, immigration or customs laws or with managing custody of detained persons in the State and includes, but is not limited to, a municipal police department, a sheriff's department, the State Police, a university or college police department and the Department of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4751
  • Law enforcement officer: means a state, county or municipal official or an official of a federally recognized Indian tribe responsible for enforcing criminal, immigration or customs laws, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement officer who possesses a current and valid certificate issued by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy pursuant to Title 25, section 2803?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4751
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • municipal clerk: means the clerk of a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
  • Municipal legislative body: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
  • Municipal officers: means :
    • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
  • Municipality: means a city or town, except as provided in chapter 225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
  • Nonresident: means a person who does not fall within the definition of resident in subsection 53. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Operation: means the act of operating as defined in subsection 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Operator: means the person who is in control or in charge of a watercraft, snowmobile or ATV while it is in use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Organization: means a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Owner: means :
    • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Person: means a human being or an organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, organization or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Premises: includes lands, private ways and any buildings and structures located on the lands or private ways. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Profiling: means the consideration of or reliance on, to any degree, actual or perceived race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, age or familial status in deciding which persons to subject to a traffic or pedestrian stop or in deciding the scope or substance of law enforcement activities following a traffic or pedestrian stop. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4751
  • registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Resident: means a citizen of the United States or a person who is not a citizen of the United States who has been domiciled in the State for one year who:
    • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001
  • Snowmobile: means a vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is primarily designed to travel over ice or snow and is supported in part by skis, belts or cleats. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Trafficked person: means a victim of a human trafficking offense. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 4701
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Use: means , with respect to watercraft, operate, navigate or employ. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
  • Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72