Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§565 Expenses of the Service
Title 28 › Part II— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Chapter 37— UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE › § 565
Summary
The Director can use money given to the Service to pay costs from personal services contracts and cooperative agreements when the Attorney General approves them. That money can pay for hiring security guards and for having others serve legal papers—like summonses, complaints, subpoenas, and notices—instead of using U.S. marshals or their deputies.
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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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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
Apr 5, 2026
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