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25. Can a Landlord serve a summons to a tenant or does it have to be done by a bailiff or District Constable?
Pursuant to Section 158 of the Parish Court Act, every summons, whether to a party or his agent or a witness, may be lawfully and competently served at any place within the Island by any person whatsoever; and every warrant, precept, or writ of execution, granted under the authority of this Act, may be lawfully and competently executed by an officer of the Court having jurisdiction in the parish where the same is to be executed, or by a constable acting under the authority of any law, though addressed to an officer of the Court issuing the same.