LD 1600
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A game warden shall, without unnecessary delay, take any
person so arrested before the District Court nearest the place
of violation;

 
B.__Serve criminal processes on offenders of the law and
serve all processes pertaining to the enforcement of this
Part;

 
C.__Accept personal recognizances in accordance with the
following procedures:

 
(1)__A game warden making an arrest for any violation
of this Part and Title 38, chapter 3, subchapter 1,
former article 1-A, at a point more than 50 miles
distant from the nearest District Court having
jurisdiction, may accept the personal recognizance of
the prisoner in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for the
prisoner's appearance before the nearest District Court
on a specified date and a deposit in money to the
amount of that recognizance; and

 
(2)__The warden shall report forthwith all those
recognizances and forward all those deposits to the
court to which the recognizance is returnable.

 
Recognizances and deposits must be handled by the court
in accordance with sections 10202 and 10203;

 
D.__If the warden is in uniform and has reasonable and
articulable suspicion to believe that a violation of law has
taken place or is taking place, stop a motor vehicle or
watercraft for the purpose of:

 
(1)__Arresting the operator for a criminal violation;

 
(2)__Issuing the appropriate written process for a
criminal or civil violation or a traffic infraction; or

 
(3)__Questioning the operator or occupants;

 
E.__In order to protect fish and wildlife:

 
(1)__If the warden is in uniform, stop a person for the
purpose of determining compliance with license, permit,
equipment or other requirements or restrictions if the
person, at the time of the stop, is:

 
(a)__Engaged in hunting, fishing or trapping; and


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