Maine Code § 25-1705

Authorized criminal history record disclosures
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1. Release by FBI to state criminal history record repositories. To the extent authorized by the
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 United States Code, Section 552a, the FBI shall provide on request criminal
history records, excluding sealed criminal history record information, to state criminal history record
repositories for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order or a
state statute that has been approved by the Attorney General to ensure that the state statute explicitly
authorizes national indices checks.
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]

2. Release by FBI and state criminal history record repositories to other agencies. The FBI,
to the extent authorized by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 United States Code, Section 552a and state
criminal history record repositories, shall provide criminal history records, excluding sealed criminal
history record information, to criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental
agencies for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order or a state
statute that has been approved by the Attorney General to ensure that the state statute explicitly
authorizes national indices checks.
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
3. Use for official purposes. Any criminal history record obtained under this compact may be
used only for the official purposes for which the criminal history record was requested. Each compact
officer shall establish procedures, consistent with this compact and with rules, procedures and standards
established by the council under section 1707, that protect the accuracy and privacy of the criminal
history records and:
A. Ensure that criminal history records obtained under this compact are used only by authorized
officials for authorized purposes; [PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
B. Require that subsequent criminal history record checks are requested to obtain current
information whenever a new need arises; and [PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
C. Ensure that criminal history record entries that may not legally be used for a particular
noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the response and, if no information authorized for
release remains, an appropriate "no record" response is communicated to the requesting official.
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]

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