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LR 590
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4651, sub-§2, śC, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 650, §1,
is amended to read:

 
C. A single act or course of conduct constituting a
violation of section 4681; Title 17, section 2931; or Title
17-A, sections 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209, 210, 210-
A, 211, 253, 301, 302, 303, 506-A, 511, 556, 802, 805 or
806.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4654, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 542, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
5. Service of order. If the court issues a temporary order
or orders emergency or interim relief, the court shall order a
law enforcement agency or, if the defendant is present in the
courthouse, a court security officer qualified pursuant to Title
4, section 17, subsection 15 to serve the defendant personally
with the order, the petition and the summons. To protect the
plaintiff, the court may order the omission or deletion of the
plaintiff's address from any papers served on the defendant.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4655, sub-§1, śC-2 is enacted to read:

 
C-2.__Directing the defendant to refrain from having any
direct or indirect contact with the plaintiff;

 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §4656, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 515, §1, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§4656. Identifying information sealed

 
If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath
that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be
jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information, the
information must be sealed by the clerk and not disclosed to the
other party or to the public unless the court orders the
disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes
into consideration the health, safety or liberty of the party or
child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of
justice.

 
Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §4006, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1999, c. 67, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
6. Service of order. If the court issues a temporary order
or orders emergency or interim relief, the court shall order an
appropriate law enforcement agency, or, if the defendant is
present in the courthouse, a court security officer qualified


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