Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 200-D (2026)

Complaints and investigative records confidential

✓ current as of May 2026
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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 715, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 719, §1 (RP). PL 1993, c. 719, §12 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–2014 · leading case: Campbell v. State of Me., 632 F. Supp. 111 (D. Me. 1985).
Campbell v. State of Me., 632 F. Supp. 111 (D. Me. 1985). · cites it 2× “18 Campbell alleges that in February of 1979 he spoke with the Old Town Police Chief, who told him that the typewriter had been found, but that all information concerning it had been turned over to the state attorney general’s office.”
Dunn & Theobald, Inc. v. Cohen, 402 A.2d 603 (Me. 1979). · cites it 2× “The Attorney General refused plaintiffs access to the 1974 investigative records on the ground that the legislature has declared them to be confidential in the above-quoted 5 M.R.S.A. § 200-D and that the Freedom of Access Act, 1 M.”
Philip M. Bowler Sr. v. State of Maine, 2014 ME 157 (Me. 2014). · cites it 2× “” 5 M.R.S.A. § 200-D (1994). Section 200-D was repealed in 1995 as part of a larger piece of legislation bringing the Attorney General’s investigative records within the purview of what is now the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act (IIRIA), 16 M.”
Bowler v. State of Maine (Me. Super. Ct 2014). · cites it 6× “Prior to 1995, Maine law, specifically 5 M.R.S.A. § 200-D, provided that "[n]otwithstanding any other provisions oflaw, all .”
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