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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 29, § 2272 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 410 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 731, §§70-72 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 696, §218 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 10, §1 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1976–1981 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Jud. Court, 355 A.2d 341 (Me. 1976).
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Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Jud. Court, 355 A.2d 341 (Me. 1976). · cites it 3× “29 MRSA § 2272, 1st ¶, as enacted by PL 1971, c.”
Brennan v. Johnson, 391 A.2d 337 (Me. 1978). “A precise definition of a habitual offender is set forth as follows: An habitual offender shall be any person, resident or non-resident, whose record, as maintained in the office of the Secretary of State, shows that such person has accumulated the convictions or adjudications…”
State v. Albert, 418 A.2d 190 (Me. 1980). “He had failed to appear before the Superior Court at the hearing to determine whether he was a habitual offender as defined in 29 M.R.S.A. § 2272, 1 then applicable, although the Superior Court order to show cause prescribed by the former section 2276 had been duly served on him.”
State v. Vosmus, 431 A.2d 621 (Me. 1981). “Vosmus, having failed to appear as directed, was adjudged to be a habitual offender under the provisions of then 29 M.R.S.A. § 2272 and was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle on highways of the State of Maine until further order of the court.”
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