Local Rule Supplemental Rule E.1: Property in Possession of Officer or Employee of the United States
N.D. Ohio — Civil rule
Supplemental Rule E.1 Property in Possession of Officer or Employee of the United States
(a) In proceedings in rem on behalf of the United States, when the property is in the custody of an officer or employee of the United States, the Clerk, at the instance of the United States Attorney, may omit the attachment clause in the monition.
(b) In such suits and also in other suits in rem, when the property is in the custody of an officer or employee of the United States under authority of any law of the United States, it shall be sufficient service of the monition and warrant, in such other suits in the first instance, to leave a copy thereof with said officer or employee of the United States with notice of attachment of the property therein described, and requiring such officer or employee to detain such property in custody until the further order of the Court; and in case the officer or employee is not found within the District, then to leave also such copy and notice with the custodian of the property within the District, with notice also, except in customs seizure cases, to the owner or the owner's agent, if found within the District, subject, however, to such further special order as the Court may make.
Last revised 4/7/97. See Historical Notes for full revision history.