28 USC § 2717 - Discharge

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title: "28 USC § 2717 - Discharge"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2717"
section_name: "Discharge"
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. 708.)"
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# § 2717. Discharge

The court, or a judge thereof, upon—

**(1)** application of the party when property has been attached and

**(2)** execution to the United States of a penal bond, approved by a judge, in double the value of the property attached and conditioned upon the return of the property or the payment of any judgment rendered by the court

may discharge the warrant of attachment as to the property of the applicant.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was derived from R.S. § 931, which was originally classified to section 744 of former Title 28. Following the general revision and enactment of Title 28 by act , R.S. § 931 was reclassified to . R.S. § 931 was repealed by , , , (section 1 of which revised and enacted Title 39), and reenacted by section 9 thereof as .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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