{"data":{"id":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-557","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"4 M.R.S. §557","heading":"Receipt and discharge of fines and costs voluntarily paid","body":"The clerk shall receive all fines, forfeitures and bills of costs imposed or accruing to the use of the State when paid or tendered to the clerk before a precept is issued to enforce collection, give discharges therefor and enter them of record.","path":["TITLE 4: JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 13: CLERKS OF JUDICIAL COURTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/4/title4sec557.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:22Z","sha256":"17ad9ffdeaa0c6f77c81ae32eacf238018569ffb2f8d705385e7f2b3bc373706","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-556","next":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-558"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}