Seizure of Person or Property

The Court has adopted a Uniform Procedure for Civil Forfeiture Cases, which is available from the Clerk's office or at the Court's webpage at “www.nynd.uscourts.gov.” Pursuant to Title 19, United States Code, Section 1605, the United States Customs Service, Ogdensburg, New York, shall be appointed the Substitute Custodian and be responsible for the execution of warrants of arrest in rem for assets and/or property seized and forfeited under the laws administered or enforced by the United States Customs Service. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Supp. R. C(3)(b)(ii), personnel of the United States Customs Service, Office of Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures, 127 North Water Street, Ogdensburg, New York, shall be appointed as [Table of Contents] 35 [VIII: Remedies & Special Proceedings] special process servers in all cases pertaining to assets and/or property seized and forfeited under the laws administered or enforced by the United States Customs Service, to perform the tasks of service by mail, or in person, execution of the warrants of seizure and monition, publication of the notices of the action in newspapers having general circulation in the district in which the res were seized, and filing of all returns of such process with the United States District Court Clerk’s Office for the Northern District of New York.