28 USC § 2712 - Issue of warrant

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title: "28 USC § 2712 - Issue of warrant"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2712"
section_name: "Issue of 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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# § 2712. Issue of warrant

Upon an order of a judge of a court, or, in his absence and upon the clerk’s own initiative, the clerk shall issue a warrant for the attachment of the property belonging to the person specified in the affidavit. The marshal shall execute the warrant forthwith and take the property attached, if personal, in his custody, subject to the interlocutory or final orders of the court.

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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. § 926, which was originally classified to section 739 of former Title 28. Following the general revision and enactment of Title 28 by act , R.S. § 926 was reclassified to . R.S. § 926 was repealed by  (section 1 of which revised and enacted Title 39), and reenacted by section 9 thereof as .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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