§ 42-29-26. Failure to serve process.
Every deputy sheriff who shall neglect or refuse to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to him or her to serve and execute (having in all civil causes, paid or tendered unto him or her his or her legal fees, if he or she demand the same, for serving and executing such process), shall be liable to the party aggrieved for such damages as he or she may have sustained by such neglect or refusal.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 211; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-26; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Section 42-29-1. - Appointment — Powers and duties — Removal.
Section 42-29-5. - Record of appointment of deputies.
Section 42-29-10. - Removal of deputies by court.
Section 42-29-11. - Bond of deputies.
Section 42-29-12. - Action on sheriff’s bond.
Section 42-29-14. - Copies of bonds as evidence.
Section 42-29-15. - Pleadings and effect of judgment on bond.
Section 42-29-16. - Form of judgment for plaintiff on bond.
Section 42-29-17. - Judgment for costs against defendant.
Section 42-29-18. - Power to investigate and prosecute offenses.
Section 42-29-19. - Attendance on general assembly and courts.
Section 42-29-20.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-29-22. - Execution of writs and precepts.
Section 42-29-24. - Service of process on waters.
Section 42-29-25. - Assistance in execution of office.