Rule 49 - Service and filing of papers(a) Service: When Required. Written motions other than those which are heard ex parte, written notices and similar papers shall be served upon each of the parties. (b) Service: How Made. Whenever under these rules or by an order of the court service is required or permitted to be made upon a party represented by an attorney, the service shall be made upon the attorney unless service upon the party himself or herself is ordered by the court. Service upon the attorney or upon a party shall be made in the manner provided in civil actions. (c) Notice of Orders. Immediately upon the entry of an order made on a written motion subsequent to arraignment and which is not issued orally from the bench, the clerk shall mail to each party a notice thereof and shall make a note in the docket of the mailing. (d) Filing: No Proof of Service Required. All papers required to be served shall be filed with the court either before service or within a reasonable time thereafter. Such filing by a party or party's attorney shall constitute a representation by him or her that a copy of the paper has been or will be served upon each of the other parties as required by subdivision (a) of this rule. No further proof of service is required unless an adverse party raises a question of notice. In such instance the affidavit of the person making service shall be prima facie evidence. (e) Filing With the Court Defined. The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by these rules shall be made by filing them with the clerk of the court, except that the judge may permit the papers to be filed with him or her, in which event he or she shall note thereon the filing date and forthwith transmit them to the office of the clerk. (f) Effect of Failure to File. If any party to an action fails to file within five (5) days after the service any of the papers required by this rule to be filed, the court, on motion of any party or of its own initiative, may order the papers to be filed forthwith, and if the order be not obeyed, the court may order them to be regarded as stricken and their service to be of no effect. R.I. Dist. R. Crim. P. 49