2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 54: RESTITUTION
17-A §1326-B. Income withholding order

Part 3:

1326-B. Income withholding order

1. When restitution is required of an offender who will not be commencing service of a period of institutional confinement, who does not receive a sentence that includes a period of probation and who is employed, the court shall, at the time of ordering restitution, enter a separate order for income withholding. When restitution is required of an offender who receives a sentence that includes a period of probation and who is employed, upon application of the offender's probation officer, the court shall enter a separate order for income withholding. The withholding order must direct the employer to deduct from all income due and payable to the offender an amount determined pursuant to section 1326-A to meet the offender's restitution obligation. The withholding order must include an instruction to the employer that upon receipt of a copy of the withholding order the employer shall:

A. Immediately begin to withhold the offender's income when the offender is usually paid; [1999, c. 469, 1 (NEW).]

B. Send each amount withheld to the agency to which restitution has been ordered to be paid at the address set forth in the order within 7 business days of the withholding; and [1999, c. 469, 1 (NEW).]

C. Identify each amount sent to the agency by indicating the court's docket number. [1999, c. 469, 1 (NEW).]

[ 2009, c. 608, 13 (AMD) .]

2. The income withholding order is effective as long as the order for restitution upon which it is based is effective, including after a defendant is no longer in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and has not paid the restitution in full as described in section 1326-F, or until further order of the court.

[ 2011, c. 464, 24 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1999, c. 469, 1 (NEW). 2009, c. 608, 13 (AMD). 2011, c. 464, 24 (AMD).