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17-A ME Rev Stat § 1610 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 63: SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT|17-A §1610. Place of imprisonment

 §1610. Place of imprisonment 1.  Class D or Class E crimes.   The court shall specify a county jail as the place of imprisonment for an individual convicted of a Class D or Class E crime, except that, if a sentence to a term of imprisonment in a county jail is consecutive to or is to be followed by a sentence to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the court imposing either sentence may order that both be served in the custody of the Department of Corrections. If a court imposes consecutive terms of imprisonment for Class D or Class E crimes and the aggregate length of the terms imposed is one year or more, the court may order that they be served in the custody of the Department of Corrections.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Class A, Class B or Class C crimes.   For an individual convicted of a Class A, Class B or Class C crime the court shall:   A. Specify a county jail as the place of imprisonment if the term of imprisonment is 9 months or less; or   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. Commit the individual to the Department of Corrections if the term of imprisonment is more than 9 months.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Intermittent service of county jail sentence.   At the request of or with the consent of a convicted individual, the court may order a sentence of imprisonment under this chapter in a county jail, a sentence of probation involving imprisonment in a county jail under chapter 67, subchapter 1 or a sentence of administrative release involving imprisonment in a county jail under chapter 67, subchapter 2 to be served intermittently.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 1611 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 63: SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT|17-A §1611. Commitments to Department of Corrections of bound-over juveniles who have not attained 18 years of age at the time of sentencing

 §1611. Commitments to Department of Corrections of bound-over juveniles who have not attained 18 years of age at the time of sentencing A juvenile who has been bound over, pursuant to Title 15, section 3101, subsection 4, who is subsequently, as to the juvenile crime's adult counterpart, convicted and sentenced to a sentencing alternative involving imprisonment and who has not attained 18 years of age at the time of sentence imposition must be committed to a Department of Corrections juvenile correctional facility for an indeterminate period not to extend beyond the juvenile's 18th birthday to serve the term of imprisonment or any unsuspended portion until discharge from the juvenile correctional facility, and once discharged the juvenile must be transferred to a correctional facility in which adult individuals are confined to serve out the remainder of the imprisonment term or unsuspended portion, if any.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 1612 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 63: SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT|17-A §1612. Tolling of sentence of noncompliant witness

 §1612. Tolling of sentence of noncompliant witness In the event a witness in a grand jury or criminal proceeding has been ordered confined by a court in the State as a remedial coercive sanction for refusing to comply with an order of the court to testify or provide evidence, and that witness is already in execution of an undischarged term of imprisonment on a sentence in the State, that court may order that the undischarged term of imprisonment be tolled for the duration of the coercive imprisonment.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2001 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2001. Purpose

 §2001. Purpose The Legislature finds and declares that the victims of crimes often suffer losses through no fault of their own and for which there is no compensation. It also finds that repayment, in whole or in part, by the offender to the victim of the offender's crime can operate to rehabilitate the offender in certain instances. It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage the compensation of victims by the person most responsible for the loss incurred by the victim, the offender. Restitution by the offender can serve to reinforce the offender's sense of responsibility for the offense, to provide the offender the opportunity to pay the offender's debt to society and to the offender's victim in a constructive manner and to ease the burden of the victim as a result of the criminal conduct.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]The Legislature recognizes that a crime is an offense against society as a whole, not only against the victim of the crime, and that restitution for victims is therefore ancillary to the central objectives of the criminal law. It intends restitution to be applied only when other purposes of sentencing can be appropriately served.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]The Legislature does not intend the use of restitution to result in preferential treatment for offenders with substantial financial resources.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2003 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2003. Mandatory consideration of restitution

 §2003. Mandatory consideration of restitution 1.  Inquiry as to victim's financial loss.   The court shall, whenever practicable, inquire of a prosecutor, law enforcement officer or victim with respect to the extent of the victim's financial loss and shall order restitution when appropriate. The order for restitution must designate the amount of restitution to be paid and the person or persons to whom the restitution must be paid.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Reasons for not imposing restitution.   In any case where the court determines that restitution should not be imposed in accordance with the criteria set forth in section 2005, the court shall state in open court or in writing the reasons for not imposing restitution.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Restitution required.   In any prosecution for a crime committed prior to the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment to this chapter, the court may, with the consent of the defendant, require the defendant to make restitution in accordance with this chapter as amended.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2004 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2004. Authorized claimants

 §2004. Authorized claimants Restitution may be authorized for:   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]1.  Victim.   The victim or a dependent of a deceased victim;   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  County.   The county where the offense was prosecuted if the victim voluntarily refuses restitution or if the identity of the victim cannot be ascertained;   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Person providing recovery.   Any person, firm, organization, corporation or government entity that has provided recovery to the victim as a collateral source, but only to the extent that such recovery was actually made; and   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 4.  Person acting on behalf of victim.   Any person legally authorized to act on behalf of the victim.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2005 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2005. Criteria for restitution

 §2005. Criteria for restitution 1.  Restitution authorized.   Restitution may be authorized, in whole or in part, as compensation for economic loss. In determining the amount of restitution authorized, the following must be considered:   A. The contributory misconduct of the victim;   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. Failure to report the crime to a law enforcement officer within 72 hours after its occurrence, without good cause for failure to report within that time; and   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]C. The present and future financial capacity of the offender to pay restitution.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Restitution not authorized.   Restitution is not authorized:   A. To a victim without that victim's consent;   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. To a victim who is an accomplice of the offender;   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]C. To a victim who has otherwise been compensated from a collateral source, but economic loss in excess of the collateral compensation may be authorized; and   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]D. When the amount and method of payment of monetary restitution or the performance of service restitution creates an excessive financial hardship on the offender or dependent of the offender. In making this determination, all relevant factors must be considered, including, but not limited to, the following:   (1) The number of the offender's dependents;   (2) The minimum living expenses of the offender and the offender's dependents;   (3) The special needs of the offender and the offender's dependents, including necessary travel expense to and from work;   (4) The offender's present income and potential future earning capacity; and   (5) The offender's resources, from whatever source.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Exception.   The provisions of subsection 2, paragraph D do not apply to an offender that is an organization.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 4.  Burdens of proof.   An offender who asserts a present or future incapacity to pay restitution has the burden of proving the incapacity by a preponderance of the evidence. On appeal of a restitution order, the offender has the burden of demonstrating that the incapacity was proven as a matter of law.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2006 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2006. Time and method of restitution

 §2006. Time and method of restitution When restitution is authorized, and the offender is not committed to the Department of Corrections and does not receive a sentence that includes a period of probation, the time and method of payment or of the performance of the services must be specified by the court and monetary compensation may be ordered paid to the office of the prosecuting attorney who is prosecuting the case or to the clerk of the court. If the offender is committed to the Department of Corrections or receives a sentence that includes a period of probation, monetary compensation must be paid to the Department of Corrections and the time and method of payment must be determined by the Department of Corrections during the term of commitment or the period of probation unless at the time of sentencing the court has specified the time and method of payment. Once any term of commitment to the Department of Corrections or period of probation is completed and if the restitution ordered has not been paid in full, the offender is subject to the provisions of section 2011 and, in the event of a default, the provisions of section 2015. The state agency receiving the restitution shall deposit any money received in the account maintained by the Treasurer of State for deposit of state agency funds, from which funds are daily transferred to an investment account and invested. Interest accrued on that money is the property of and accrues to the State for deposit in the General Fund. The agency receiving the restitution shall make the disbursement to the victim or other authorized claimant as soon as possible after the agency receives the money.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2007 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2007. Income withholding order

 §2007. Income withholding order 1.  Instructions for employer.   When restitution is required of an offender who will not be commencing service of a period of institutional confinement, who does not receive a sentence that includes a period of probation and who is employed, the court shall, at the time of ordering restitution, enter a separate order for income withholding. When restitution is required of an offender who receives a sentence that includes a period of probation and who is employed, upon application of the offender's probation officer, the court shall enter a separate order for income withholding. The withholding order must direct the employer to deduct from all income due and payable to the offender an amount determined pursuant to section 2006 to meet the offender's restitution obligation. The withholding order must include an instruction to the employer that upon receipt of a copy of the withholding order the employer shall:   A. Immediately begin to withhold the offender's income when the offender is usually paid;   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. Send each amount withheld to the agency to which restitution has been ordered to be paid at the address set forth in the order within 7 business days of the withholding; and   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]C. Identify each amount sent to the agency by indicating the court's docket number.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Term of order.   The income withholding order is effective as long as the order for restitution upon which it is based is effective, including after a defendant is no longer in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and has not paid the restitution in full as described in section 2011, or until further order of the court.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2008 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2008. Deceased victims

 §2008. Deceased victims An offender's obligation to pay restitution is not affected by the death of the victim to whom the restitution is due. The money collected as restitution must be forwarded to the estate of the victim. If an offender is an heir, beneficiary or recipient of the victim's estate, any restitution paid to the estate under this section may not benefit the offender but must be distributed to any other heir, beneficiary or recipient as if the distribution of the estate's assets did not include the offender or, if the victim's estate has no heir, beneficiary or recipient other than the offender, the restitution must be paid to the Victims' Compensation Fund under Title 5, chapter 316‑A or the Victims' Property Compensation Fund under Title 5, chapter 316‑C, determined by whether the restitution is for underlying injury or property damage.   [PL 2021, c. 307, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 307, §1 (AMD).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2009 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2009. Victim unable to be located

 §2009. Victim unable to be located If the location of a victim cannot, with due diligence, be ascertained, the money collected as restitution must be forwarded to the Treasurer of State to be handled as unclaimed property.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2010 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2010. Joint and several order

 §2010. Joint and several order 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).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2011 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2011. Former Department of Corrections' clients owing restitution

 §2011. Former Department of Corrections' clients owing restitution An offender is responsible for paying any restitution outstanding at the time the term of commitment to the Department of Corrections or period of probation is completed. An offender who has complied with the time and method of payment of monetary compensation determined by the Department of Corrections during the period of probation shall continue to make payments to the Department of Corrections in accordance with that payment schedule unless modified by the court pursuant to section 2014 or 2015. An offender who has not complied with the time and method of payment of monetary compensation determined by the Department of Corrections during the period of probation must be returned to the court for further disposition pursuant to section 2015. An offender who is unconditionally released and discharged from institutional confinement with the Department of Corrections upon the expiration of the sentence must, upon application of the office of the attorney for the State, be returned to the court for specification by the court of the time and method of payment of monetary compensation, which may be ordered paid to the office of the attorney for the State who prosecuted the case or to the clerk of the court. Prior to the offender's release and discharge, the Department of Corrections shall provide the office of the attorney for the State who prosecuted the case written notice as to the amount of restitution outstanding. An income withholding order issued pursuant to section 2007 remains effective and enforceable until the restitution is paid in full, even after an offender is no longer in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2012 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2012. Restitution deducted from judgment in civil action

 §2012. Restitution deducted from judgment in civil action Any restitution ordered and paid must be deducted from the amount of any judgment awarded in a civil action brought by the victim against the offender based on the same facts. If the restitution ordered and made was work restitution, the reasonable value of the services may be deducted from any such judgment.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2013 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2013. Post-conviction relief

 §2013. Post-conviction relief If, in any judicial proceeding following conviction, a court issues a final judgment invalidating the conviction, the judgment may include an order that any or all of a restitution payment that the convicted person paid pursuant to the sentence for that conviction be returned to the convicted person.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2014 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2014. Modification of restitution

 §2014. Modification of restitution A convicted person who cannot make restitution payments in the manner ordered by the court or determined by the Department of Corrections pursuant to section 2006 shall move the court for a modification of the time or method of payment or service to avoid a default. The court may modify its prior order or the determination of the Department of Corrections to reduce the amount of each installment or to allow additional time for payment or service.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2017 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2017. Waiver of issue of excessiveness

 §2017. Waiver of issue of excessiveness If a defendant at the time of sentencing has consented to the imposition by the sentencing court of a specific amount of restitution, the defendant is thereafter precluded from seeking to attack the legality or propriety of the amount of restitution ordered if that amount does not exceed the specific amount consented to by the defendant.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2018 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2018. Restitution for benefit of victim

 §2018. Restitution for benefit of victim When compensation is awarded from the Victims' Compensation Fund pursuant to Title 5, chapter 316‑A or the Victims' Property Compensation Fund pursuant to Title 5, chapter 316‑C, the amount of any restitution ordered to be paid to or for the benefit of the victim and collected as part of a sentence imposed must be paid by the agency collecting the restitution in an amount not to exceed the amount of the payments from the fund, directly to the fund if, when added to the payments from the fund, the restitution exceeds the victim's actual loss.   [PL 2019, c. 549, §6 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 549, §6 (AMD).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2019 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 69: RESTITUTION|17-A §2019. Civil remedy upon default

 §2019. Civil remedy upon default Upon the request of the attorney for the State or a person entitled to restitution under an order of restitution, the clerk shall enter the order of restitution in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action. When entered under this section, the order of restitution is deemed to be a money judgment. Upon default, the order to make restitution is enforceable in accordance with Title 14, chapter 502 by any person entitled to restitution under the order.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).
17-A ME Rev Stat § 2031 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE|Part 6: PUNISHMENTS|Chapter 71: COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK|17-A §2031. Sentencing alternative of community service work; authorization

 §2031. Sentencing alternative of community service work; authorization The court may sentence an individual convicted of a Class D or Class E crime to perform a specified number of hours of community service work for the benefit of the State, a county, a municipality, a school administrative unit or other public entity, a charitable institution or another entity approved by the court.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).