§ 45-16-1. Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required. Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to serve in that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the use of the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant of distress […]
§ 45-16-10. Employment of special town constables by steamboat companies and railroads. A special town constable shall also, at the request of any railroad company, or any proper officer or agent of these companies, and upon being paid the sum of thirty cents ($.30) for each hour of service required, attend at any regular steamboat […]
§ 45-16-11. Disqualification of sergeant or town constable from serving process. Whenever complaints, in writing, are made to the department of business regulation that any town sergeant, or town constable who has been certified in accordance with § 9-5-10.1, has been guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, or misconduct in serving or attempting to serve or […]
§ 45-16-12. Penalty for serving process after disqualification — Exemption from liability for refusal to serve. (a) Any town sergeant or town constable who, being disqualified and debarred from serving or executing any writ or process returnable to any court of the state under the provisions of chapter 5 of title 9, shall serve or […]
§ 45-16-13. Removal of town constables from office. Any town constable, except a constable elected by the electors of any town or city, may be removed for cause from office at any time by the town council or other body appointing him or her, after notice, in writing, to the town constable of the charges […]
§ 45-16-14. Unauthorized services of process. Any individual who serves, or attempts to serve, any writ or legal process for any court of this state, other than deputy sheriffs, and those town sergeants and town constables so authorized for this service pursuant to this chapter, or in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 of […]
§ 45-16-2. Bond of sergeants. Every town sergeant shall, at the time of his or her being sworn into office, give bond with sufficient sureties to the town treasurer in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), for the faithful performance of the duties of the town sergeant’s office. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 232, […]
§ 45-16-3. Action on bond of sergeants. Any person injured by the breach of the bond of any town sergeant, may commence an action in the name of the town treasurer of the town, for his or her own use, under like circumstances and in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as […]
§ 45-16-4. Service of process in county. Town sergeants shall serve and execute in any town of the county to which they belong, all writs, summons, and other processes to them directed and which by law may or ought to be served and executed by town sergeants, unless otherwise specially provided. History of Section.G.L. 1896, […]
§ 45-16-4.1. License and bond of town constables. All town constables, except police and special constables as provided for in this chapter, shall be certified by the department of business regulation in order to serve civil process and execute writs as provided in §§ 9-5-10 and 9-5-10.1. History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 183, § 2; […]
§ 45-16-4.2. Action on bond of constables. Any person injured by the breach of the bond of any town constable may commence an action for his or her own use, under like circumstances and in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as that person might do in the name of the general […]
§ 45-16-4.3. Service of process by constables. The department of business regulation, upon application being made by a town constable to serve civil process, may authorize the constable to serve or execute any process or writs issued by or returnable to any court in accordance with § 9-5-10.1. Upon being so authorized, the town constable […]
§ 45-16-4.4. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 311, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 40, effective September 1, 2015; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 40, effective September 1, 2015.
§ 45-16-4.5. Immunity. No town constable, while serving or executing any process or writ issued by or returnable to the court, is liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his or her acts of commission or omission arising directly out of his or her negligent serving or executing the […]
§ 45-16-5. Liability for neglect in serving process. Every town sergeant or town constable who neglects or refuses to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to him or her to serve and execute, or who is guilty of neglect or misfeasance in executing the duties of his or her office (having in all […]
§ 45-16-6. Aid and assistance in execution of office. Every town sergeant and town constable, in the due execution of his or her office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution of his or her office; and every person who, when so required, refuses or neglects to give aid and assistance, shall […]
§ 45-16-7. Police officers. The town councils of the several towns may elect any number of police officers for their towns, that they deem expedient, who are not required to give bond, nor be authorized to serve process in civil actions, but in all other matters they have the same power and authority as other […]
§ 45-16-8. Election of special town constables. Every town council may elect for any amount of time, not exceeding one year, that they may determine, one or more special town constables who shall be commissioned and engaged but shall not be required to give bond. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 32; G.L. 1909, […]
§ 45-16-9. Attendance of special town constables at schools or meetings. A special town constable shall, upon the request of any citizen and upon being tendered the sum of thirty cents ($.30) for each hour of service required, attend any school or meeting lawfully assembled for the purpose of preventing any interruption or disturbance at […]
