{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-531","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-531","heading":"Attachment dockets; index of attachments.","body":"The clerk of the court shall keep an attachment docket, in which, as well as in the regular docket, shall be entered all attachments levied upon real estate, with a description, in brief, of the real estate so levied upon. The attachments shall be indexed in the names of the defendant and of any person in whose possession the estate may have been levied upon.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Attachment and Garnishment.","Subchapter I. Attachment and Garnishment Generally."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-531","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c10e05de30b248bd7d0f9da0a5a909e8a38a1cd97861f947096842b2d6742b4b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-530","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-532"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}