Information About Constable Services

Services Constables Can Serve

Under Rule 4C of the Federal and Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, Constables may be appointed to serve all processes, and the appropriate motion may be found at http://www.constables-mbca.org/special-process-server-appt.php. Reach out to Mass Constable Service for more information.

Bonded and licensed constables may serve any process allowed by law in the cities and towns in which they are appointed or elected, including

• Notices of all kinds and demands
• Subpoenas, criminal, civil, and federal, and other certain writs and papers from the district courts, the superior, supreme judicial, and the United States district courts
• ​Civil, federal, and criminal process services
• Supplementary processes
• Small claims
• Restraining orders
• Small claims notices and notices to show cause
• All summons and complaints with maximum Ad Damnum allowed by law
• Writs and trustee process
• Real estate attachments
• Land court process
• Executions
• Supplementary process in any amount
• Summary process, 14-day notice to quit, 30-day eviction notice, evictions or ejectments, etc.
• All processes under G.L. Chapter 239

Legal Processes a Bonded Constable May Handle

Constables can serve the following anywhere, including the process of all kinds, not requiring an officer to handle them.

• Criminal, civil, and federal subpoenas 
• Federal summons and complaints
• Probate citations
• Notices and letters of all kinds
• Summons and complaints for divorce and contempt
• Modification and separate support

It should not be taken as an in-depth evaluation because the scope of this page does not cover every element of how the constable serves and performs the legal procedure in the state of Massachusetts.