Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 92 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A constable who has filed such a bond, in a sum of not less than five thousand dollars, may, within his town, also serve any such writ or other process in which the damages are laid at a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, and any process in replevin in which the subject matter does not exceed in value two thousand five hundred dollars.

SECTION 2. Subdivision A of section 8 of chapter 262 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clauses (1) and (2) and inserting in place thereof the following two clauses:-

(1) For service of an original summons or scire facias, either by reading it or by leaving a copy thereof, ten dollars for each defendant upon whom service is made, except as herein otherwise provided.

(2) For service of an original summons and complaint for divorce or for any other service required to be served in hand, fifteen dollars for each defendant upon whom service is made.

SECTION 3. Section 10 of said chapter 262, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words "one way".