Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30-A, § 3775-A (2025)
1. Seven-day hold If a law enforcement officer has a reasonable suspicion that scrap metal being held by a scrap metal processor is stolen or related to criminal activity, the officer may issue a written order to the scrap metal processor, specifying the scrap metal that must be retained and the length of time, which may not exceed 7 days, that the scrap metal processor must retain the identified scrap metal.
[PL 2011, c. 545, §8 (NEW).]
2. Additional 7-day hold Prior to the expiration of the time period of the hold pursuant to subsection 1, a law enforcement officer may impose an additional hold period, which may not exceed 7 days. The law enforcement officer imposing the additional hold shall provide the scrap metal processor with a written description of the scrap metal to be retained and the length of time the scrap metal processor must retain the identified scrap metal.
[PL 2011, c. 545, §8 (NEW).]
PL 2011, c. 545, §8 (NEW).