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

Unit: U3CV

Pagination Table: RULES1

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RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

warrant and any supplemental process must be de-
livered to a person or organization authorized to en-
force it, who may be: (A) a marshal; (B) someone
under contract with the United States; (C) someone
specially appointed by the court for that purpose;
or, (D) in an action brought by the United States,
any ofﬁcer or employee of the United States.

(c) Deposit in court.—If the property that is the sub-
ject of the action consists in whole or in part of freight,
the proceeds of property sold, or other intangible prop-
erty, the clerk must issue—in addition to the warrant—
a summons directing any person controlling the prop-
erty to show cause why it should not be deposited in
court to abide the judgment.

(d) Supplemental process.—The clerk may upon ap-
plication issue supplemental process to enforce the
court’s order without further court order.

(4) Notice.—No notice other than execution of process is
required when the property that is the subject of the action
has been released under Rule E(5).
If the property is not
released within 10 days after execution, the plaintiff must
promptly—or within the time that the court allows—give
public notice of the action and arrest in a newspaper desig-
nated by court order and having general circulation in the
district, but publication may be terminated if the property
is released before publication is completed. The notice must
specify the time under Rule C(6) to ﬁle a statement of inter-
est in or right against the seized property and to answer.
This rule does not affect the notice requirements in an action
to foreclose a preferred ship mortgage under 46 U. S. C.
§ 31301 et seq., as amended.

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(6) Responsive pleading; interrogatories.

(a) Civil forfeiture.—In an in rem forfeiture action

for violation of a federal statute:

(i) a person who asserts an interest in or right
against the property that is the subject of the action