FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
ARTICLE 1 Rule 4.1- Service of Other Process

FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

ARTICLE 1 SCOPE OF RULES--ONE FORM OF ACTION

Rule 4.1. Service of Other Process

(a) Generally.

Process other than a summons as provided in Rule 4 or subpoena as provided in Rule 45
shall be served by a United States marshal, a deputy United States marshal, or a person
specially appointed for that purpose, who shall make proof of service as provided in Rule
4(1) . The process may be served anywhere within the territorial limits of the state in which
the district court is located, and, when authorized by a statute of the United States, beyond
the territorial limits of that state.

(b) Enforcement of Orders: Commitment for Civil Contempt.

An order of civil commitment of a person held to be in contempt of a decree or injunction
issued to enforce the laws of the United States may be served and enforced in any district.
Other orders in civil contempt proceedings shall be served in the state in which the court
issuing the order to be enforced is located or elsewhere within the United States if not more
than 100 miles from the place at which the order to be enforced was issued.

Notes

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule  4.1- Service of Other Process