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2013 Maryland Code
COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 2-301 - Service of writs


MD Cts & Jud Pro Code § 2-301 (2013) What's This?

§2-301.

(a) Except as provided in § 2-302 of this subtitle, the sheriff shall serve all papers directed to him according to their instructions, within the time set by the court.

(b) (1) A sheriff may serve papers in a county other than the county of which he is sheriff; or

(2) The clerk may send a paper to the sheriff of another county for service by him. After serving the paper the sheriff shall file a return with the court from which it was issued.

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