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Does an OUI Show Up on a Background Check in Kennebunk or Portland, Maine?

If you’re convicted of an OUI charge, it will absolutely show on your criminal background history. The reason is that in Maine you have no way of expunging your record or sealing those records from public view. It’s a criminal offense, just like if you were convicted of murder. That’s

White collar crime Ponzi Scheme are Illegal in Maine

White collar crimes happen in so many different ways, it would be impossible to name and describe them all. As soon as the government issues financial regulations, savvy bankers, accountants, and other financial personnel come up with new ways to get around them. This is why a lot of financial

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Maine has an implied consent law that levies an automatic license suspension on anyone who refuses a police officer’s request that they take a blood alcohol content (BAC) test after being pulled over. The purpose behind these implied consent laws is to prevent driving under the influence (DUI) suspects from

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When it comes to the grand scheme of Maine’s operating under the influence (OUI) laws, implied consent rules serve a crucial purpose. However, with the changes to OUI laws over the past few decades to make them more and more draconian, implied consent laws have also been beefed up until

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In one of our latest blog posts, we covered why we have implied consent laws in Maine. In short, implied consent laws are a legal mechanism to automatically penalize someone for refusing to take a chemical test to determine their blood alcohol content (BAC). By implying your consent to take

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