United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper
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/us/usc/t28/s3009
Title
28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Chapter
PTVI/CH176
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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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.
(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4937.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that effective date, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
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