Any deputy sheriff duly authorized may serve any writ or other process, whether of a civil or criminal nature, within any part of the waters of Narragansett Bay, and within any waters not more than one marine league from the seashore of the state at high-water mark.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-24
Service of process on waters
C.P.A. 1905, § 208; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-24; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.