§ RULE 3-113 PROCESS-DURATION, DORMANCY, AND RENEWAL OF SUMMONS

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RULE 3-113. PROCESS--DURATION, DORMANCY, AND RENEWAL OF SUMMONS

    A summons is effective for service only if served within 30 days after the date it is issued. A summons not served within that time shall be dormant, renewable only on written request of the plaintiff.

    Source: This Rule is new and replaces former M.D.R. 103 d 2.

    Committee note. See Neel v. Webb Fly Screen Mfg. Co., 187 Md. 34, 48 A.2d 331 (1946).