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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 1091-A

Failure to report

Known as the Maine Bail Code

The act spans §§ 1001 to 1105 (44 sections).

PL 1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW)

1. Failure to report after stay of execution. A defendant who has been sentenced but granted a stay of execution to report until a specified date or event and who, in fact, fails to report as ordered is guilty of:

A. A Class E crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of less than one year; or

B. A Class C crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of one year or more.

2. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection 1 that the failure to report resulted from just cause.

3. Strict liability. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.