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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

(b) The United States attorney for the District of Columbia shall be made a party to a petition filed under subsection (a) of this section, and shall be given notice of all subsequent proceedings under this chapter. § 20-2302. Warrant to United States marshal; fees of marshal Upon the filing of a petition under section 20-2301, the court may issue a warrant directed to the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, commanding him to take possession of the property named in the schedule and hold it subject to the order of the court, and make return of the warrant as soon as may be, with a statement of his actions thereon and a schedule of the property so taken. The marshal shall post a copy of the warrant upon each parcel of land named in the schedule and cause so much of the warrant as relates to land to be recorded with the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. H e shall receive such fees for serving the warrant as the court allows, but not more than those established b j law for similar service upon a writ of attachment. If the petition is dismissed, the fees and the cost of publishing and serving the notice provided for by this chapter shall be paid by the petitioner; but if a receiver is appointed, they shall be paid by the receiver and allowed in his account. § 20-2303. Notice of hearing to absentee and interested parties Upon the return of the warrant issued under section 20-2302, the court may issue a notice reciting the substance of the petition, the warrant, and the marshal's return, which shall be addressed to the absentee and to all persons who claim of record an interest in the property, or who are known to petitioner to claim an interest in the property, and to all whom it may concern, citing them to appear at a time and place named and show cause why a receiver of the property named in the marshal's schedule should not be appointed and the property held and disposed of under this chapter. §20-2304. Time of hearing; publication and posting of notice The return day of the notice issued under section 20-2303 shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after its date unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court shall order the notice to be published not less than once in each of three successive weeks in one or more newspapers within the District of Columbia, and a copy to be posted in a conspicuous place and upon each parcel of land named in the marshal's schedule, and a copy to be mailed to the last known address of the absentee. The court may order other and further notice to be given within or without the District of Columbia. §20-2305. Appointment of receiver; bond; finding of date of disappearance The absentee or a person who claims an interest in any of the property may appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition filed under section 20-2301 should not be granted. The court may, after hearing, dismiss the petition and order the property in possession of the marshal to be returned to the person entitled thereto, or it may appoint a receiver of the property which is in the possession of the marshal and named in his schedule. When a receiver is appointed, the court shall find and record the date of the disappearance or absconding of the absentee. The receiver shall give bond to the court in such sum and with such conditions as the court orders, with a corporate surety thereon approved by the court.

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