Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-Asec1304.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 13:03:50+00:00

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1. An offender who has been sentenced to pay a fine and has defaulted in payment of that fine must be returned to court for further disposition.
1-A. For purposes of this section, if an offender is returned to court pursuant to a warrant, both the court located where the warrant is issued and the court located where the warrant is executed are authorized to conduct the default hearing pursuant to subsection 3.
2. A probation officer having knowledge of a default in payment of a fine by an offender shall report the default to the office of the attorney for the State. An attorney for the State having knowledge of a default in payment of a fine by an offender shall report the default to the court. If the fine was a condition of probation, the attorney for the State may file a motion to enforce payment of the fine or, with the written consent of the probation officer, a motion to revoke probation under section 1205. If the fine was not a condition of probation, the attorney for the State may file a motion to enforce payment of the fine.
3. Either the attorney for the State or the court may initiate a motion to enforce payment of a fine. Notification for the hearing on the motion must be sent by regular mail to the offender's last known address. If the offender does not appear for the hearing after proper notification has been sent, the court may issue a bench warrant. A court need not bring a motion to enforce payment of a fine nor notify the offender by regular mail of the date of the hearing if at the time of sentence imposition the court's order to pay the fine and accompanying warnings to the offender comply with Title 14, section 3141, subsection 3 or 4 and, if the offender fails to appear as directed by the court's fine order, the court may issue a bench warrant.
4. Upon any default, execution may be levied and other measures authorized for the collection of unpaid civil judgments may be taken to collect the unpaid fine. A levy of execution does not discharge an offender confined to a county jail or performing community service work under subsection 3 for unexcused default until the full amount of the fine has been collected.
5. When a fine is imposed on an organization, the person or persons authorized to make disbursements from the assets of the organization shall pay the fine from the organization's assets. Failure to do so may subject the person or persons to court action pursuant to this section.
1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). 1987, c. 769, §B4 (AMD). 1987, c. 861, §15 (AMD). 1997, c. 54, §1 (AMD). 1997, c. 135, §3 (AMD). 1997, c. 393, §B8 (AMD). 1999, c. 367, §5 (RPR). 2007, c. 517, §§1-4 (AMD). 2007, c. 518, §7 (AMD). 2009, c. 608, §§10, 11 (AMD). 2011, c. 334, §1 (AMD). 2011, c. 568, §1 (AMD). 2013, c. 266, §8 (AMD). 2015, c. 436, §10 (AMD).

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