Rule 50 - Service and Filing of Papers(a)Service. When required, written motions other than those which are heard ex parte, written notices, designations of record on appeal, and similar papers shall be served upon each of the parties. (b)Making Service.(1) Whenever under these rules service is required or permitted to be made upon a party represented by an attorney, the service shall be made upon the attorney unless the court orders service on the party. (2) For attorneys and self-represented litigants who are Registered Users, service is made electronically using the EFS. (3) For incarcerated individuals, attorneys who are granted a waiver pursuant to Art. X, Rule 3(c) of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules Governing Electronic Filing, and self-represented litigants who do not elect to electronically file pursuant to Art. X, Rule 3(b), service under Rule 5(a) is made by: (A) Delivering a copy to the person served by:(i) Handing it to the person; (ii) Leaving it at the person's office with a clerk or other person in charge; or (iii) Leaving it at the person's dwelling house or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age and discretion residing there.(B) Mailing a copy to the last known address of the person served. Service by mail is complete upon mailing.(C) Any other means ordered by the court.(c)Filing; No Proof of Service Required. All papers required to be served shall be filed with the court either before service or within a reasonable time thereafter. Such filing by a party or party's attorney shall constitute a representation that a copy of the paper has been or will be served upon each of the other parties as required by subdivision (a) of this rule. No further proof of service is required unless an adverse party raises a question of notice. In such instance the affidavit of the person making service shall be prima facie evidence of service. (d)Filing; Discovery. All papers after the complaint required to be served upon a party shall be filed with the court within a reasonable time after service, but the following discovery requests and responses shall not be filed with the court until they are used in the proceeding or the court orders the filing of the requests or responses on motion or on the court's own initiative: (2) Requests for documents or to permit entry upon land;(3) Requests for admission;(4) Answers and responses to items (1) through (3) above;(5) Notices of deposition; and (6) Transcripts of depositions. (e)Filing With the Court Defined. The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by these rules shall be made by filing them with the clerk of the court, except that the judicial officer may permit the papers to be filed with the judicial officer, in which event the judicial officer shall note the filing date and forthwith transmit the pleadings or other papers to the office of the clerk. (f)Effect of Failure to File. If any party to an action fails to file within five (5) days after the service any of the papers required by this rule to be filed, the court, on motion of any party or on the court's own initiative, may order the papers to be filed forthwith, and if the order be not obeyed, the court may order the papers to be stricken and the service to be ofAmended and renumbered March 1, 2019, effective 7/1/2019; amended April 30, 2019, effective 11/4/2019; amended November 5, 2019, effective 1/6/2020.