{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-18-4","heading":"Service and return of notice.","body":"The officer or other person charged with the service of the notification shall serve the notification by reading it to the party to be cited, if to be found; and if not to be found, by leaving a copy thereof at his or her usual place of abode; and shall, in his or her return, state the manner and time of the service; and whenever the service shall be made by any person other than a sworn officer, he or she shall verify the return, under oath, before some officer authorized to administer oaths.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 18 Depositions"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-18/9-18-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:00Z","sha256":"99ef849afc8d2b20d6efd932997460b28a262b658cdc28b0e3a60a801a835571","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}