{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-5-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-5-6","heading":"Writs and process operating throughout state — Officers to whom directed.","body":"All writs, executions, and process shall run throughout the state and shall be directed for service to the division of sheriffs, or to a certified constable, but if any deputy sheriff is a party to the action or suit, the process shall be directed to the town sergeant or a certified constable and may be served by any one of them not a party to the action or suit.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 5 Writs, Summons and Process"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-5/9-5-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:58Z","sha256":"115c2f7f096b2909768ab3945228d98f7ec5f52eb0f4807306d3b6131fa98291","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-5-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-5-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}