26- 239 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 3

Current through 2025-03, January 15, 2025
Section 239-3-3 - DATABASE ENTRY AND REMOVAL
A. MAINE WANTED AND MISSING (MWM). Immediately upon receipt of an attested arrest warrant the arrest warrant repository shall enter the warrant in the State's wanted and missing persons computer database.
B. NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (NCIC). An arrest warrant shall not be entered in the National Crime Information Center database without authorization from the Attorney General, the respective District Attorney, or their designees except, however, that the Department of Corrections may enter warrants for violations of parole and probation or for escape. The repository shall maintain a record of the name of the officer authorizing entry of the warrant in the National Crime Information Center.
C. REMOVAL FROM DATABASE. The arrest warrant repository shall immediately remove a warrant from the MWM and NCIC databases upon notification that the warrant has been executed, cancelled or recalled.
D. NOTIFICATION. Whenever a law enforcement agency executes an arrest warrant, it shall immediately notify the appropriate repository of that fact. The repository shall immediately notify the issuing Court and the primary law enforcement agency, and shall return the attested warrant to the issuing Court and shall note on the return of service when the warrant was executed and by whom.

Whenever the issuing Court recalls or cancels a warrant, it shall immediately notify the appropriate warrant repository.

E. STATE POLICE DATABASE. The Maine State Police are responsible for maintaining a computerized database, including computer entry standards. If the computer entry standards as set by the Maine State Police are met, the warrant information shall be entered into the database. The Maine State Police shall establish a schedule for the regular printing and mailing of geographical code lists to police agencies as well as the printing and mailing of repository validation lists.

26- 239 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 3