(a) Either the defendant or the person in whose possession the property is attached may obtain a release of the property from the attachment, after it has been taken into the custody of the marshal and the writ has been returned, by giving the undertaking required of him by section 16-509, with security to be approved by the court.
(b) The plaintiff may except to the sufficiency of the undertaking accepted by the marshal and, if the exceptions are sustained, the court shall require a new undertaking, with sufficient surety, by a day to be named, in default of which the marshal shall be liable to the plaintiff on his official bond for any loss sustained by the plaintiff through the default.
(c) Either the defendant or the person in whose possession credits are attached may obtain a release of the credits from the attachment by filing an undertaking with security to be approved by the court.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 547, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
1981 Ed., § 16-510.
1973 Ed., § 16-510.
This section is referenced in § 16-527.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 5 - Attachment and Garnishment
Subchapter I - Attachment and Garnishment Generally
§ 16–501. Attachment before judgment; affidavit and bond
§ 16–502. Service of notice; publication
§ 16–503. Attachment for debts not due
§ 16–504. Additional attachments
§ 16–505. Sufficiency of plaintiff’s bond
§ 16–506. Traversing affidavits; quashing writ of attachment; trial of issues
§ 16–507. Property subject to attachment; liens; priorities
§ 16–508. Attachment of real property
§ 16–509. Attachment of personal property; undertaking by defendant or person in possession
§ 16–510. Release of property or credits from attachment; sufficiency of undertaking
§ 16–512. Attachment and levy upon wages of nonresident
§ 16–513. Advance payment of wages to avoid attachment or garnishment
§ 16–514. Credits or property held for two or more persons or in representative capacity
§ 16–515. Attachment of judgments and money or property in hands of marshal
§ 16–516. Attachment of money or property in hands of executor or administrator
§ 16–517. Attachment of other property in replevin action
§ 16–518. Preservation of property; sale; receiver
§ 16–519. Defenses by garnishee
§ 16–520. Defending against the attachment; trial of issues
§ 16–521. Interrogatories to garnishee; oral examination
§ 16–522. Traverse of garnishee’s answers; trial of issue; costs and attorney’s fee
§ 16–523. Claims to attached property
§ 16–524. Judgment generally; condemnation of attached property
§ 16–525. Condemnation and sale of property; proceeds of sale under interlocutory order
§ 16–526. Judgment against garnishee
§ 16–527. Judgment in case of undertaking for retention of property or credits
§ 16–528. Judgment protects garnishee
§ 16–529. Attachment in actions for fraudulent conveyances
§ 16–530. Time for trial of issues
§ 16–531. Attachment dockets; index of attachments