Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5809 – Certificate of discharge
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5809
- Board: means the State Parole Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
- Parole: is a release procedure by which a person may be released from a correctional facility by the State Parole Board prior to the expiration of the person's maximum term, parole status being in effect under Title 17-A, section 2314, subsection 2, with all provisions of prior laws governing parole continuing in effect. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
Whenever it appears to the board that a person on parole is no longer in need of supervision, it may order the warden of the institution from which the parolee was released to issue the parolee a certificate of discharge, except in the case of persons serving a life sentence who may not be discharged from parole in less than 10 years after release on parole. [PL 2013, c. 508, §13 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW). PL 2013, c. 508, §13 (AMD).