28 USC § 3009 - United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper

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title: "28 USC § 3009 - United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3009"
section_name: "United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper"
chapter_number: 176
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4937.)"
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# § 3009. United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper

Whenever a United States marshal is authorized to seize property pursuant to this chapter, the United States marshal may designate another person or Federal agency to hold for safekeeping such property seized.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4937.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after , and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that effective date, see , set out as a note under .