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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 29, § 2501 (2026)

Examination of vehicles by police officers

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 464, §5 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 663, §186 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 117, §1 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 698, §135 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 65 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 683, §A1 (RP). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1984–2008 · leading case: State v. Allen, 485 A.2d 953 (Me. 1984).
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State v. Allen, 485 A.2d 953 (Me. 1984). · cites it 2× “Second, Allen contends that 29 M.R.S.A. § 2501 (Supp.1984-1985) requires that a police officer have probable cause, not just articulable suspicion, before making an investigatory stop of a vehicle.”
Maguire v. Mun. of Old Orchard Beach, 783 F. Supp. 1475 (D. Me. 1992). “Pursuant to 29 M.R.S.A. § 2501: Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated by a person not having upon his person or in the vehicle the registration certificate covering that vehicle, or if it be operated by a person other than the person in whose name it is registered and the…”
State v. Lemieux, 662 A.2d 211 (Me. 1995). · cites it 4× “The State’s appeal 1 challenges the court’s interpretation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 2501 (Pamph. 1994). 2 Because that section does not prohibit an off-duty, plain-clothed police officer from stopping a vehicle being operated in an erratic manner, we vacate the order.”
State v. SWIEK, 2008 ME 132 (Me. 2008). “1995) (citing 29 M.R.S.A. § 2501 (Pamph.1994), repealed and replaced by P.”
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