Local Rule LAR64.1: Publication and Time to Claim and Answer Where Publication Necessary and Under Supplemental Rule C(4)
W.D. La. — Civil rule
LAR64.1 Publication and Time to Claim and Answer Where Publication Necessary and Under Supplemental Rule C(4) In all cases where publication is necessary under Admiralty Rule C(4), the time for filing a statement of interest in or right against the property is hereby extended for a period of 21 days from the date of the publication.
The published notice must contain the title and the number of the suit, the date of the arrest and identity of the property arrested, the name of the marshal, and the name and address of the attorney for the plaintiff. It must also state that claimants must file their statement of interest in or right against the property pursuant to Rule C(6) with the clerk and serve them on the attorney for plaintiff within 21 days after the date of first publication, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court, and must serve their answers within 21 days after the filing of their statements of interest or right; that, if they do not, default may be entered and condemnation ordered; and that application for intervention under FRCP 24, by persons claiming maritime liens or other interests may be untimely if not filed within the time allowed for claims to possession.