84                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 2

SERVICE. PART-TIME CONSTABLES ARE NOT IN THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE, AND ARE PAID THE COMPENSATION
PRESCRIBED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND SERVE AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 26, §153(a). The only changes made
are in style.

SEC. 2-605. SERVICE OF PROCESS.
(A) CIVIL PROCESS.

ALL CIVIL PROCESS AND PAPERS OF THE DISTRICT
COURT SHALL BE SERVED BY THE CONSTABLES OF THE
RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, EXCEPT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE OF A PARTICULAR DISTRICT MAY ORDER THE PAPERS
AND PROCESS SERVED BY THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY.

(B) CRIMINAL PROCESS.

ALL CRIMINAL AND TRAFFIC PROCESS, INCLUDING
WARRANTS AND SUMMONSES FOR WITNESSES, SHALL BE SERVED
BY THE SHERIFFS OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES OR BY STATE
OR LOCAL POLICE AS PROVIDED BY RULE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 26, §153(b). The only changes made
are in style.

SEC. 2-606. DUTIES OF CONSTABLES.

A CONSTABLE SHALL OBEY AND EXECUTE ALL CIVIL
PROCESS DIRECTED TO HIM FROM ANY JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT
COURT OF MARYLAND CONCERNING ANY MATTER WITHIN THE
COURT'S JURISDICTION AND SHALL RETURN THE PROCESS
ACCORDING TO ITS COMMAND. HE SHALL SERVE AND LEVY ALL
EXECUTIONS ISSUED BY A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT,
AND IN SO DOING HAS THE SAME POWERS, RESPONSIBILITIES
AND LIABILITIES AS A SHERIFF OR DEPUTY SHERIFF ACTING
IN THE SAME CAPACITY IF THE CONSTABLE HAS
SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A TRAINING PROGRAM FROM A
POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL APPROVED BY MARYLAND POLICE
TRAINING COMMISSION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 26, §153(c). The requirement that a
constable take the oath prescribed in the
Constitution appears in §2-104. The only
other changes made are in style.