Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102

§565 Expenses of the Service

Title 28 › PART II — DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › CHAPTER 37 — UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE › § 565

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director may use Service funds, if AG approves contracts or agreements, pay guards to serve papers instead of marshals and deputy marshals.

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Title 28, §565

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The Director is authorized to use funds appropriated for the Service to make payments for expenses incurred pursuant to personal services contracts and cooperative agreements, authorized by the Attorney General, for security guards and for the service of summons on complaints, subpoenas, and notices in lieu of services by United States marshals and deputy marshals.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 565, added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 620, related to filling vacancies, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–690, § 7608(a)(1). See section 562 of this title.

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28 U.S.C. § 565

Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102