Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 9-10 - Selection of Jury
Section 9-10-2. - Service of notice on jurors.

§ 9-10-2. Service of notice on jurors.
The city or town sergeant or certified constable, upon receipt of the notification as provided in § 9-10-1, shall forthwith make service of the notification upon the persons named therein as jurors by delivering to each of them, or by leaving at their last and usual place of abode, a notice substantially in the following form:STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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TO ......................... Greeting:
You are hereby notified that you have been drawn as a juror for the superior or family court for the county (or counties) of ......................... and you are required to attend the said court be holden at ......................... on the ......................... day of ......................... , at ......................... o'clock in the forenoon.
The jury commissioner or his or her agents, having retained the notifications in accordance with § 9-10-1, shall forthwith serve the notifications in the same form as contained in this section by regular mail.

History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, §§ 21, 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, §§ 21, 22; P.L. 1926, ch. 797, § 12; P.L. 1927, ch. 1015, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 20; G.L., ch. 506, § 18, as enacted by P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-10-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 71, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 20; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 10; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 10; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 6, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 6, effective June 23, 2021.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally

Chapter 9-10 - Selection of Jury

Section 9-10-1. - Notice by court of jurors required — Notifications to sergeants and constables.

Section 9-10-2. - Service of notice on jurors.

Section 9-10-3. - Service of summons by jury commissioner.

Section 9-10-4. - Return of notifications — Certificate as to investigation of jurors.

Section 9-10-5. - Penalty for failure to serve notice on juror.

Section 9-10-6. - Service prohibited unless name drawn.

Section 9-10-7. - Disqualification by prior jury service.

Section 9-10-8. - Period of service of jurors.

Section 9-10-9. - Grounds for excuse from service.

Section 9-10-10. - Penalty for failure of juror to attend.

Section 9-10-11. - Fines levied against jurors.

Section 9-10-11.1. - Size of juries in civil cases.

Section 9-10-11.2. - Qualification and division of petit jury panels.

Section 9-10-12. - Drawing and impaneling of trial jury.

Section 9-10-12.1. - Repealed.

Section 9-10-12.2. - Subpanels in any county.

Section 9-10-13. - Alternate jurors.

Section 9-10-14. - Court examination of prospective jurors.

Section 9-10-15. - Residence or tax payment in town not ground for challenge.

Section 9-10-16. - State citizenship not ground for challenge.

Section 9-10-17. - Waiver of objection to juror by silence.

Section 9-10-18. - Peremptory challenges.

Section 9-10-19. - Keeping and disposition of peremptory challenges.

Section 9-10-20. - Oaths of jurors.

Section 9-10-21. - Exemption of juror from process.

Section 9-10-22. - Service of forbidden process void.