A person brought into this State on extradition based on a criminal charge is not subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which the person is returned until the person has been convicted in the criminal proceeding or, if acquitted, until the person has had ample opportunity to return to the state from which the person was extradited.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 225
Extradited persons except from civil process
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 201 to 229 (33 sections).
RR 2023, c. 2, Pt
Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.