Local Rule Supplemental Rule C.1: Publication
N.D. Ohio — Civil rule
Supplemental Rule C.1 Publication
(a) The notice required by Rule C(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall be published at least once and shall contain the fact and date of the arrest, the title of the cause, the nature of the action, the amount demanded, the name of the Marshal, and the name and address of the attorney for the plaintiff. The notice shall also contain a statement that any person who asserts a right of possession or any ownership interest in the property that is the subject of the action must file a verified statement of right or interest with the Clerk of Court within ten (10) days of the date of publication, in compliance with Rule C(6) and must serve their answers within twenty (20) days after the filing of their statements of right or interest. The notice shall also state that all interested persons should file statements of right or interest and answers within the times so fixed; otherwise default will be noted and condemnation ordered.
(b) When the property remains in the custody of the Marshal, the cause will not be heard until after publication of notice of arrest is made in that cause or in some other pending cause in which the property is held in custody. No final judgment shall be entered ordering the condemnation and sale of the property, not perishable, arrested under process in rem unless publication of notice of arrest in that cause shall have been duly made.
Last revised 10/22/09. See Historical Notes for full revision history.