D.C. Code § 16-508
Attachment of real property.
Effective Dec 23, 1963Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 546, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1
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
- (2) serving a copy of the attachment, with the indorsement, and the notice required by section 16-502, on the person, if any, in possession of the property.
History
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 546, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1
Prior Codifications
1973 Ed., § 16-508.
1981 Ed., § 16-508.