Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 951 (2026)
Deputies; appointments and removal
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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 379 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 213 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 114, §33 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 431, §4 (RPR). PL 1977, c. 650, §4 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 394, §4 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 261 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 374 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§A1,C106 (RP). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1982–1987 · leading case: Colby v. York Cnty. Commissioners, 442 A.2d 544 (Me. 1982).
Colby v. York Cnty. Commissioners, 442 A.2d 544 (Me. 1982). “Asserting that his dismissal was without cause, plaintiff sought an investigation by the York County Commissioners, pursuant to 30 M.R.S.A. § 951 (1978). 1 Plaintiff alleges that the investigation was held in executive session notwithstanding his request in writing that the…”
Durrell v. Franklin Cnty. Commissioners, 532 A.2d 146 (Me. 1987). “There is no question that the sheriff’s appointments and dismissals of deputy sheriffs are subject to the approval of the county commissioners under 30 M.R.S.A. §§ 951, 64-A(l), 4 and 64-A(3).”
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