If it appears to the municipal court that personal service can be made upon the defendant in this state the justice may continue such action for at least twenty-eight days, and order personal service of such notice on the defendant fourteen days at least before the date to which such action is continued.
Source. RS 186:7. CS 198:7. GS 207:5. GL 226:5. PS 222:4. 1897, 64:1. PL 334:5. RL 390:5. RSA 514:5. 1957, 244:18, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.