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title: "28 U.S.C. § 2715"
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title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_name: "ATTACHMENT IN POSTAL SUITS"
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citation: "28 U.S.C. § 2715"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 2715 - Publication

## Text

The marshal shall cause publication of an executed warrant of attachment—

(1) for two months in case of an absconding debtor, and

(2) for four months in case of a nonresident debtor

in a newspaper published in the district where the property is situated pursuant to the details of the order under which the warrant is issued.

(Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 707.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was derived from R.S. § 929, which was originally classified to section 742 of former Title 28. Following the general revision and enactment of Title 28 by act June 25, 1948, R.S. § 929 was reclassified to section 842 of Title 39. R.S. § 929 was repealed by Pub. L. 86–682, § 12(c), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708, (section 1 of which revised and enacted Title 39), and reenacted by section 9 thereof as section 2715 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Sept. 1, 1960, see section 11 of Pub. L. 86–682, 74 Stat. 708.