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Date/Time: 08-17-01 13:25:22
Job: 529RUL

Unit: U3CV

Pagination Table: RULES1

AMENDMENTS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL RULES
FOR CERTAIN ADMIRALTY AND
MARITIME CLAIMS

Rule B. In personam actions: attachment and garnishment.

(1) When available; complaint, afﬁdavit,

judicial au-

thorization, and process.—In an in personam action:

(a) If a defendant is not found within the district, a
veriﬁed complaint may contain a prayer for process to
attach the defendant’s tangible or intangible personal
property—up to the amount sued for—in the hands of
garnishees named in the process.

(b) The plaintiff or the plaintiff ’s attorney must sign
and ﬁle with the complaint an afﬁdavit stating that, to
the afﬁant’s knowledge, or on information and belief, the
defendant cannot be found within the district. The
court must review the complaint and afﬁdavit and, if the
conditions of this Rule B appear to exist, enter an order
so stating and authorizing process of attachment and
garnishment. The clerk may issue supplemental proc-
ess enforcing the court’s order upon application without
further court order.

(c) If the plaintiff or the plaintiff ’s attorney certiﬁes
that exigent circumstances make court review impracti-
cable, the clerk must issue the summons and process of
attachment and garnishment. The plaintiff has the bur-
den in any post-attachment hearing under Rule E(4)(f)
to show that exigent circumstances existed.

(d)(i) If the property is a vessel or tangible prop-
erty on board a vessel, the summons, process, and
any supplemental process must be delivered to the
marshal for service.

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