Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-29. Agent for service of process, notices, or orders on interstate carriers
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Every motor carrier of property operating in interstate commerce over the highways of this state, in the transportation of property for compensation, shall file with the administrator a designation in writing of the name and post office address of a person in this state upon whom or which service of process, notices, or orders may be made.
History of Section.
P.L. 1958, ch. 87, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-29
- Administrator: means the public utilities administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- Interstate commerce: means commerce between any place in this state and any place in another state or between places in this state through another state. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- Motor carrier: means a common carrier by motor vehicle, a contract carrier by motor vehicle, or an interstate carrier by motor vehicle. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- Person: means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof; and, where the context requires shall include "driver" as defined in this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.