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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 87
H.P. 615 - L.D. 838

An Act Regarding Bail and Fines

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1074, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 758, §20, is amended to read:

     3. Setoff. When a defendant has deposited cash or other property owned by the defendant as bail or has offered real estate owned by the defendant and subject to a bail lien as bail and the cash, other property or real estate has not been forfeited, the court, before ordering the cash or other property returned to the defendant or discharging the real estate bail lien, shall determine whether the cash, other property or real estate or any portion of the cash, other property or real estate is subject to setoff as authorized by this section. The court may order all or a portion of the bail owned by a defendant that has not been forfeited to be first paid and applied to one or more of the following:

The court shall apply any bail collected pursuant to this subsection first to restitution.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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