Rhode Island § 9-10-2 - Selection of Jury
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§ 9-10-2. Selection of Jury
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-10-2
§ 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
Sc.
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.
Sergeant.Constable.
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.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-10-2 ("Selection of Jury") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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