Attachment of real property

D.C. Code § 16-508 — under Attachment and Garnishment Generally..

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 (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.