Evidence Preservation in Maine

State statute requires the automatic preservation of biological evidence collected in relation to any crime that carries the potential punishment of at least one year imprisonment. The evidence will be preserved for the length of an individual’s incarceration. Effective: 2001; Amended most recently: 2013.

Maine’s statute meets the best practices standards outlined by the NIST Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation.

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