GENERAL ACCESS POLICY

(A) Court records are accessible by the public except as provided by law, including these rules, or by court order. (B) Parties and their attorneys may access all court records in their electronic case files remotely and at the courthouse except as provided by law or court order. Alleged victims in any criminal or juvenile cases may access court records as provided by law only at a courthouse. (C) State entities may access court records in electronic case files remotely as allowed by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. (D) Any file, document, information, or data received or maintained by the court before the implementation of electronic filing is accessible by the public in paper at the courthouse unless otherwise prohibited by law or court order. Any file, document, information, or data received or maintained by the court before the implementation of electronic filing that becomes a court record through scanning or other digitization is accessible remotely or at a courthouse by the parties and their attorneys unless access is otherwise prohibited by law or court order. (E) Timing of access to court records accessible under these rules is determined by date of acceptance as defined in Rule (2)(A)(1). Court records become accessible upon acceptance unless otherwise provided in these rules. (F) Whenever the accessibility of a court record changes under these rules, or by court order, the court clerk will either remove or grant electronic access within a reasonable time. Advisory Note – January 2026