{"data":{"id":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-5546","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"14 M.R.S. §5546","heading":"Habeas corpus for mentally ill person","body":"When a mentally ill person is arrested or imprisoned on mesne process or execution in a civil action, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or of the Superior Court or the judge of probate within his county, on application, may inquire into the case; issue a writ of habeas corpus; cause such person to be brought before him for examination; and after notice to the creditor or his attorney, if either is living in the State, and a hearing, if it is proved to the satisfaction of said justice or judge that the person is mentally ill, he may discharge him from arrest or imprisonment; and the creditor may make a new arrest on the same demand when the debtor becomes of sound mind. If he is arrested on the same demand a 2nd time before he becomes of sound mind and is again discharged for that reason, he is forever after exempt from arrest for the same cause.","path":["TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL","PART 6: EXTRAORDINARY WRITS","CHAPTER 609: HABEAS CORPUS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec5546.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"c4872cd79e5cd2f3051e229fbc8ac7e0cbbdc96bd19f7c63d1fd384ae0f4fac4","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-5545","next":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-5547"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}