{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-54","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-54","heading":"Service of summons.","body":"The service of a writ of summons shall be made by the officer reading it and the complaint accompanying it in the hearing of the defendant or by leaving an attested copy thereof with him or at his usual place of abode. When service is made by leaving an attested copy at the defendant's usual place of abode, the officer making service shall note in his return the address at which such attested copy was left.","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_52-54","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":"edcb5ee9543f35437cd4cf1308a548810732ca1d5dcab620ca23bd46bf4fbca9","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-53","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}