Maine § 15 §3501 Interim care

Maine Statutes

§ 15 §3501 — Interim care

Maine § 15 §3501

Title 15COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 6MAINE JUVENILE CODE

Ch. 511INTERIM CARE; RUNAWAYS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 15 §3501 (2026).

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1.Interim care. A juvenile may be taken into interim care by a law enforcement officer without order by the court when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that:

2.Limit. Under no circumstances shall any juvenile taken into interim care be held involuntarily for more than 6 hours.

3.Interim care, police record. The taking of a juvenile into interim care pursuant to this section is not an arrest and shall not be designated in any police records as an arrest.

4.Notification of parents, guardian or custodian. When a juvenile is taken into interim care, the law enforcement officer or the Department of Health and Human Services shall, as soon as possible, notify the juvenile's parent, guardian or legal custodian of the juvenile's whereabouts. If a parent, guardian or legal custodia

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1.
Interim care.
A juvenile may be taken into interim care by a law enforcement officer without order by the court when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that:
2.
Limit.
Under no circumstances shall any juvenile taken into interim care be held involuntarily for more than 6 hours.
3.
Interim care, police record.
The taking of a juvenile into interim care pursuant to this section is not an arrest and shall not be designated in any police records as an arrest.
4.
Notification of parents, guardian or custodian.
When a juvenile is taken into interim care, the law enforcement officer or the Department of Health and Human Services shall, as soon as possible, notify the juvenile's parent, guardian or legal custodian of the juvenile's whereabouts. If a parent, guardian or legal custodian cannot be located, such notification shall be made to a person with whom the juvenile is residing.
5.
Interim care, placement.
6.
(omitted).
7.
Interim care, restriction on placement and transportation.
8.
Interim care; voluntary services.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall inform the juvenile and the juvenile's parent or parents, guardian or legal custodian of social services and encourage them to voluntarily accept social services.
9.
Interim care, identification of juvenile.
Fingerprints of a juvenile taken into interim care pursuant to this section may not be obtained from the juvenile. Solely for the purpose of restoring a juvenile to the juvenile's residence, the juvenile's name, address, photograph and other reasonably necessary information may be obtained and transmitted to any appropriate person or agency.

Legislative History

PL 1977, c. 520, §1 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 664, §47 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 619, §§5-9 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 439, §18 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 354, §12 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 752, §§28,29 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2019, c. 525, §§29, 30 (AMD). RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. D, §95 (COR).