D.C. Code § 16-508
An attachment is sufficiently levied on the lands and tenements of the defendant by:
(1) mentioning and describing the property in an indorsement on the attachment, made by the officer to whom it is delivered for service, to the following effect:
“Levied on the following estate of the defendant, A B, to wit: (Here describe) this __ day of ____. C D, Marshal.”; and
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 546, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1
1973 Ed., § 16-508.
1981 Ed., § 16-508.