Rule 6 - Service of Electronic Documents(a)Applicability. Electronic Service of documents is limited to those documents permitted by court rule to be served by mail or facsimile transmission. Subpoenas, summonses and complaints, petitions or other documents that must be hand delivered or served in person with a summons shall not be served electronically. All discovery on a case shall be electronically served using the EFS except when discovery is of a type which does not lend itself to electronic service (either because it consists of non-conforming documents or is too voluminous), in which case conventional service shall be used.(b)Consent to Electronic Service. Upon the initiation of a case and/r upon submission of an entry of appearance in a matter, Registered Users are deemed to consent to receive Electronic Service of all documents through the EFS.(c)Service Upon Registered Users. A party may accomplish service on another Registered User by utilizing the Electronic Service function of the EFS. The transmission of an e-mail through the EFS that contains the link to the document being served shall constitute service of the filed document(s).(d)Service on Nonregistered Users. The party filing a document must serve nonregistered users by Conventional Service and must submit proof of such service to the court.(e)Certificate of Service. All documents filed using the EFS shall include a certificate of service stating that the document has been filed electronically and that it is available for viewing or downloading from the EFS. The certificate of service must identify the manner in which the service on each party was accomplished. The certificate of service may be in the following form: CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, on the day of, :
[] I filed and served this document through the electronic filing system on the following: _________________________________________.
The document electronically filed and served is available for viewing and/or downloading from the Rhode Island Judiciary's Electronic Filing System.
[] I served this document through the electronic filing system on the following: __________________________________________________________.
The document electronically served is available for viewing and/or downloading from the Rhode Island Judiciary's Electronic Filing System.
[] I mailed or [] hand-delivered this document to the attorney for the opposing party and/or the opposing party if self-represented, whose name is ___________________________at the following address __________________________________________
/s/ NAME
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Last amended effective 1/29/2016; Revised 9/1/2023.