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2020 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-29 Sheriffs
Section 42-29-24 Service of process on waters.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 42-29-24 (2020)
§ 42-29-24. Service of process on waters.
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.
History of Section.
(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.)
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