{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-53","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-53","heading":"State marshal may make special deputation.","body":"A state marshal may, on any special occasion, depute, in writing on the back of the process, any proper person to serve it. After serving the process, such person shall make oath before a justice of the peace that he or she faithfully served the process according to such person's endorsement thereon and did not fill out the process or direct any person to fill it out; and, if such justice of the peace certifies on the process that such justice of the peace administered such oath, the service shall be valid.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 896*. CIVIL PROCESS, SERVICE AND TIME FOR RETURN"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_896.htm#sec_52-53","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"3d38223df2110741122b5c8957f152fdf55d77ec8de10ca6deeabea622911beb","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-52","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}