Maine
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Maine licenses professional investigators and investigative assistants through the Chief of the State Police. A 2026 law eliminated the Board of Licensure of Professional Investigators effective July 29, 2026, leaving licensing qualifications and fees unchanged. Since 2023 Maine has also revised its stalking and terrorizing laws, made investigative record copies free for crime victims’ agents, including licensed investigators, and regulated employer electronic surveillance.
Full Maine page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed (6 entries).
Board of Licensure of Professional Investigators eliminated
Repeals 32 M.R.S. 8103-A, which created the Board of Licensure of Professional Investigators, and removes the board’s role in the Chief’s rulemaking (8116(3)) and in keeping licensees’ home addresses and phone numbers confidential (8124). Licensing…
Employer electronic surveillance of employees regulated
Enacts 26 M.R.S. 620-A: an employer may not electronically monitor an employee without notice, must disclose monitoring during interviews and give written notice yearly, and may not use audiovisual monitoring in an employee’s home or personal vehicle…
Concealed handgun permit fees increased
Raises the resident concealed handgun permit fee from $35 to $50 and the renewal from $20 to $35, and the nonresident fee from $60 to $80 (25 M.R.S. 2003).
Stalking and terrorizing laws revised after Counterman v. Colorado
Rewrites the definition of course of conduct in 17-A M.R.S. 210-A(2)(A) so that threats and communications count when made while consciously disregarding a substantial risk of causing the statute’s effects, and adds a recklessness standard to terrorizing…
Investigative record copies free for crime victims and their agents
Replaces 16 M.R.S. 805 with 805-A, the exceptions to confidentiality of intelligence and investigative records. As before, “agent” includes a licensed professional investigator. New: agencies may not charge a crime victim or the victim’s agent or attorney…
Officer Certification Tracker
The Officer Certification Tracker has not published a Maine page yet. See the states it covers.
Forensic Science Tracker
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Last updated October 18, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & Investigation