Sec. 6-38a. State marshal. Authority to provide legal execution and service of process.
Sec. 6-38a. State marshal. Authority to provide legal execution and service of
process. (a) For the purposes of the general statutes, "state marshal" means a qualified
deputy sheriff incumbent on June 30, 2000, under section 6-38 or appointed pursuant
to section 6-38b who shall have authority to provide legal execution and service of
process in the counties in this state pursuant to section 6-38 as an independent contractor
compensated on a fee for service basis, determined, subject to any minimum rate promulgated by the state, by agreement with an attorney, court or public agency requiring
execution or service of process.
(b) Any state marshal, shall, in the performance of execution or service of process
functions, have the right of entry on private property and no such person shall be personally liable for damage or injury, not wanton, reckless or malicious, caused by the discharge of such functions.
(P.A. 00-99, S. 7, 154; P.A. 03-224, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 00-99 effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 03-224 amended Subsec. (a) by adding "For the purposes of the
general statutes", effective July 2, 2003.
See Sec. 2-90a re authority of Auditors of Public Accounts to audit trust accounts maintained by state marshals.