Rhode Island § 9-5-10 § 9-5-10. Direction and return of district courts writs and summonses.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 9-5-10 — § 9-5-10. Direction and return of district courts writs and summonses.

Rhode Island § 9-5-10

Title 9COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY

Ch. 9-5Writs, Summons and Process

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-5-10 (2026).

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§ 9-5-10. Direction and return of district courts writs and summonses.
Writs and summonses issued by a district court shall be made returnable to the court
            at the place and on the day and hour provided by law, to be named in the writs and
            summonses, and shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, be directed to the
            division of sheriffs, or to the town sergeants, or to a certified constable authorized
            pursuant to § 9-5-10.1. In case any person upon whom it is necessary to make service of any writ, summons,
            or execution issued by a district court is, or has estate, in any other county than
            the one in which the action is brought, the writ, summon

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§ 9-5-10. Direction and return of district courts writs and summonses.

Writs and summonses issued by a district court shall be made returnable to the court at the place and on the day and hour provided by law, to be named in the writs and summonses, and shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, be directed to the division of sheriffs, or to the town sergeants, or to a certified constable authorized pursuant to § 9-5-10.1. In case any person upon whom it is necessary to make service of any writ, summons, or execution issued by a district court is, or has estate, in any other county than the one in which the action is brought, the writ, summons, or execution may also be directed to and served by the like officer of such other county.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 503; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 514, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-5-10; P.L. 1964, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 13; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 6; P.L. 1967, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 8; P.L. 1971, ch. 183, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 282, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 16; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 8; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 8.