{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s8859","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8859.","heading":"Libel and proceedings by United States attorney","text":"\u00a7\u202f8859.\nLibel and proceedings by United States attorney\n(a) Upon receiving the report of the prize master directed by\n(1) file a libel against the prize property;\n(2) obtain a warrant from the court directing the marshal to take custody of the prize property; and\n(3) proceed to obtain a condemnation of the property.\n(b) In connection with the condemnation proceedings the United States attorney shall insure that the prize commissioners\u2014\n(1) take proper preparatory evidence; and\n(2) take depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and of other transient persons who know any facts bearing on condemnation.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s8859.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8859."},{"t":"heading","text":"Libel and proceedings by United States attorney"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Upon receiving the report of the prize master directed by ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 8858 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s8858","tail":", the United States attorney for the district shall promptly\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" file a libel against the prize property;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" obtain a warrant from the court directing the marshal to take custody of the prize property; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" proceed to obtain a condemnation of the property.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" In connection with the condemnation proceedings the United States attorney shall insure that the prize commissioners\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" take proper preparatory evidence; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8859/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" take depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and of other transient persons who know any facts bearing on condemnation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}