{"data":{"id":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-3775-a","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"30-A M.R.S. §3775-A","heading":"Holding period; inspection","body":"1.  Seven-day hold.  If a law enforcement officer has a reasonable suspicion that scrap metal being held by a scrap metal processor is stolen or related to criminal activity, the officer may issue a written order to the scrap metal processor, specifying the scrap metal that must be retained and the length of time, which may not exceed 7 days, that the scrap metal processor must retain the identified scrap metal.\n2.  Additional 7-day hold.  Prior to the expiration of the time period of the hold pursuant to subsection 1, a law enforcement officer may impose an additional hold period, which may not exceed 7 days.  The law enforcement officer imposing the additional hold shall provide the scrap metal processor with a written description of the scrap metal to be retained and the length of time the scrap metal processor must retain the identified scrap metal.","path":["TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","PART 2: MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 183: ECONOMIC REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER 1-A: SCRAP METAL PROCESSORS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec3775-A.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:36Z","sha256":"ab060c9bd5c0763f5197764554e9978c10d35a43b37253d94f559ce94b3dd274","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-3775","next":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-3776"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}