Rhode Island § 9-10-2 § 9-10-2. Service of notice on jurors.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 9-10-2 — § 9-10-2. Service of notice on jurors.

Rhode Island § 9-10-2

Title 9COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY

Ch. 9-10Selection of Jury

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-10-2 (2026).

Text

§ 9-10-2. Service of notice on jurors.
The city or town sergeant or certified constable, upon receipt of the notification
               as provided in § 9-10-1, shall forthwith make service of the notification upon the persons named therein
               as jurors by delivering to each of them, or by leaving at their last and usual place
               of abode, a notice substantially in the following form:
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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TO .........................  Greeting:

You are hereby notified that you have been drawn as a juror for the superior or family
                  court for the county (or counties) of .........................  and you are required to attend the said court be holden at ......
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§ 9-10-2. Service of notice on jurors.

The city or town sergeant or certified constable, upon receipt of the notification as provided in § 9-10-1, shall forthwith make service of the notification upon the persons named therein as jurors by delivering to each of them, or by leaving at their last and usual place of abode, a notice substantially in the following form:
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sc.

TO ......................... Greeting:

You are hereby notified that you have been drawn as a juror for the superior or family court for the county (or counties) of ......................... and you are required to attend the said court be holden at ......................... on the ......................... day of ......................... , at ......................... o'clock in the forenoon.

Sergeant.

Constable.

The jury commissioner or his or her agents, having retained the notifications in accordance with § 9-10-1, shall forthwith serve the notifications in the same form as contained in this section by regular mail.

Legislative History

P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, §§ 21, 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, §§ 21, 22; P.L. 1926, ch. 797, § 12; P.L. 1927, ch. 1015, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 20; G.L., ch. 506, § 18, as enacted by P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-10-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 71, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 20; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 10; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 10; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 6, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 6, effective June 23, 2021.