Section 45-16-12. – Penalty for serving process after disqualification — Exemption from liability for refusal to serve.
§ 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 […]
Section 45-16-13. – Removal of town constables from office.
§ 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 […]
Section 45-16-14. – Unauthorized services of process.
§ 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 […]
Section 45-16-9. – Attendance of special town constables at schools or meetings.
§ 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 ($.30) for each hour of service required, attend any school or meeting lawfully assembled for the purpose of preventing any interruption or disturbance at […]
Section 45-16-10. – Employment of special town constables by steamboat companies and railroads.
§ 45-16-10. Employment of special town constables by steamboat companies and railroads. A special town constable shall also, at the request of any railroad company, or any proper officer or agent of these companies, and upon being paid the sum of thirty cents ($.30) for each hour of service required, attend at any regular steamboat […]
Section 45-16-11. – Disqualification of sergeant or town constable from serving process.
§ 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 […]
Section 45-16-4. – Service of process in county.
§ 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, […]
Section 45-16-4.1. – License and bond of town constables.
§ 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; […]
Section 45-16-4.2. – Action on bond of constables.
§ 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 […]
Section 45-16-4.3. – Service of process by constables.
§ 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 […]