50 U.S.C. § 4327: Attachment or garnishment of…

Summary

Money or property that must be returned under subsection (b) or (n) of section 4309 can be attached under District of Columbia laws about attachments and enforcing judgments before it is returned. Any court order for attachment or garnishment must be served only on the Alien Property Custodian, who is treated as holding a credit for the person owed up to the value of the returnable property. No one may take actual physical possession of money or property held by the Alien Property Custodian or by the Treasurer of the United States.

Title 50, §4327

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Any money or other property returnable under subsection (b) or (n) of section 4309 of this title shall, at any time prior to such return, be subject to attachment in accordance with the provisions of the code of law for the District of Columbia, as amended, relating to attachments in suits at law and to attachments for the enforcement of judgments at law and decrees in equity, but any writ of attachment or garnishment issuing in any such suit, or for the enforcement of any judgment or decree, shall be served only upon the Alien Property Custodian, who shall for the purposes of this section be considered as holding credits in favor of the person entitled to such return to the extent of the value of the money or other property so returnable. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the taking of actual possession, by any officer of any court, of any money or other property held by the Alien Property Custodian or by the Treasurer of the United States.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 30 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by law in Alien Property Custodian and Office of Alien Property Custodian transferred to Attorney General by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, § 101, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§4327 Attachment or Garnishment of Funds or Property Held by Custodian