State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Courts-and-judicial-proceedings > Title-2 > Subtitle-3 > 2-301§ 2-301. Service of writs.
(a) In general.- Except as provided in § 2-302 of this subtitle, the sheriff shall serve all papers directed to him according to their instructions, within the time set by the court.
(b) Service outside county.-
(1) A sheriff may serve papers in a county other than the county of which he is sheriff; or
(2) The clerk may send a paper to the sheriff of another county for service by him. After serving the paper the sheriff shall file a return with the court from which it was issued.
[An. Code 1957, art. 87, §§ 5, 16; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]
