6.56 Warrant or summons; execution or service and return

When someone is charged with a crime through an indictment, the court needs a way to notify them and bring them into the case. This rule explains how that happens. If a warrant is issued, it gets carried out the same way warrants are handled in other criminal cases. If a summons is issued instead (a written notice telling someone to appear in court), it gets delivered the same way summonses are normally delivered.

After the warrant is executed or the summons is delivered, the officer or person who handled it has to report back to the court. This report, called a "return," confirms that the person was properly notified or arrested. The rule simply says this reporting step follows the same process already used for other warrants and summonses in the court system.

In short, this rule does not create new steps. It just points to the existing rules that already cover how warrants and summonses are delivered and confirmed, and applies those same steps to indictments.