Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-110
§2717 Discharge
Title 28 › PART VI — PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS › CHAPTER 173 — ATTACHMENT IN POSTAL SUITS › § 2717
Summary
A court or a judge can release a hold on property that was attached if the person whose property was taken asks for it. The person must give the United States a judge‑approved bond equal to twice the property's value that promises to return the property or pay any court judgment.
Full Legal Text
Title 28, §2717
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The court, or a judge thereof, upon—
(1)application of the party when property has been attached and
(2)execution to the United States of a penal bond, approved by a judge, in double the value of the property attached and conditioned upon the return of the property or the payment of any judgment rendered by the court
may discharge the warrant of attachment as to the property of the applicant.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was derived from R.S. § 931, which was originally classified to section 744 of former Title 28. Following the general revision and enactment of Title 28 by act June 25, 1948, R.S. § 931 was reclassified to section 844 of Title 39. R.S. § 931 was repealed by Pub.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 2717 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Sept. 1, 1960, see section 11 of Pub. L. 86–682, 74 Stat. 708.
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Citation
28 U.S.C. § 2717
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110