Rhode Island General Laws 9-5-27. Service on nonresident guardian, executor, or administrator
Service of any process may be made by any disinterested person upon any nonresident guardian, executor, or administrator, appointed or approved by any court of probate in this state, either by reading the process to him or her or by leaving an attested copy thereof with him or her, or by leaving the copy at his or her last and usual place of abode with some person living there; and in the latter case, by also publishing notice to him or her in such manner as the court, out of which the process issues, shall direct. And if the guardian, executor, or administrator shall not appear and answer the process, the probate court may, in its discretion, remove the guardian, executor, or administrator.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 552; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 515, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-5-27.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 9-5-27
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Probate: Proving a will