Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §702, as amended by PL 1987, c. 223, §1, is further amended to read:

§702. Duty of sheriffs and deputies; fees

Every sheriff and each of his the sheriff's deputies shall serve and execute, within his the respective county, all writs and precepts issued by lawful authority to him to the sheriff, including the Passamaquoddy Tribal Court, as defined in Title 30, section 6209-A and the Penobscot Tribal Court, as defined in Title 30, section 6209-B, directed and committed, including those in which a town, plantation, parish, religious society or school district, of which he the sheriff is at the time a member, is a party or interested, but his the legal fees for service shall must first be paid or secured to him the sheriff. If the fees are not paid or secured to him the sheriff when the process is delivered to him the sheriff, he the sheriff shall immediately return it to the plaintiff or attorney offering it; or if sent to him the sheriff by mail or otherwise, he the sheriff shall put it into some post office within 24 hours, directed to the person sending it; otherwise he the sheriff waives his the sheriff's right to his the sheriff's fees before service.

SUMMARY

This bill makes it clear that sheriffs and deputies have the duty to serve and execute papers issued by the Passamaquoddy Tribal Court and the Penobscot Tribal Court.