CHAPTER 33
H.P. 458 - L.D. 579
An Act to Allow Sheriffs to Use Modern Record-keeping Technologies in the Maintenance of Jail Records
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1505, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
§1505. Record of persons committed
Every sheriff shall keep in a suitable bound book a true and exact calendar containing the names of all prisoners committed to the jail under the sheriff's charge, their residences, additions, time of their commitments, for what cause and by what authority, and a particular description of the persons of those committed for offenses. The sheriff shall register in that book the name and description, the time when and the authority by which any prisoner was discharged, and the time and manner of any prisoner's escape. The information required by this section must be kept in a suitable, permanent record at the office of the sheriff.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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