All summonses, warrants, orders, and other processes issued by the court shall run throughout the state and may be served by any officer authorized to serve the warrants of district courts or by any probation counselor, or by any officer of any private agency, society, or institution prescribed in this chapter, or by any person that may be designated by the justice.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-18
Process running throughout state — Persons authorized to serve
Known as the Family Court Act
The act spans §§ 14-1-1 to 14-1-9 (95 sections).
P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-18; impl. am
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