28 USC § 2711 - Application for warrant

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title: "28 USC § 2711 - Application for warrant"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2711"
section_name: "Application for warrant"
chapter_number: 173
chapter_name: "ATTACHMENT IN POSTAL SUITS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 707.)"
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# § 2711. Application for warrant

A United States attorney or assistant United States attorney or a person authorized by the Attorney General—

**(1)** upon his own affidavit or that of another credible person, stating the existence of either of the grounds of attachments enumerated in section 2710 of this title and

**(2)** upon production of legal evidence of the debt

may apply for a warrant of attachment to a judge, or, in his absence, to the clerk of any court of the United States having original jurisdiction of the cause of action.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 707.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was derived from R.S. § 925, which was originally classified to section 738 of former Title 28. Following the general revision and enactment of Title 28 by act , R.S. § 925 was reclassified to . R.S. § 925 was repealed by  (section 1 of which revised and enacted Title 39), and reenacted by section 9 thereof as .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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