S.D.N.Y. Local Admiralty Rule E.2

(a) Presentation of Claim. When a vessel or other property has been arrested,

attached, or garnished, and is in the hands of the marshal or custodian substituted

therefor, anyone having a claim against the vessel or property is required to

present the claim by filing an intervening complaint, and not by filing an original

complaint, unless ordered otherwise by a judicial officer. Upon the satisfaction of

the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 24, the clerk must promptly deliver a

conformed copy of the complaint to the marshal, who must deliver the copy to the

vessel or custodian of the property. Intervenors will thereafter be subject to the

rights and obligations of parties, and the vessel or property will stand arrested,

attached, or garnished by the intervenor.

(b) Sharing Marshal’s Fees and Expenses. An intervenor has a responsibility to the

first plaintiff, enforceable on motion, consisting of the intervenor's share of the

marshal’s fees and expenses in the proportion that the intervenor's claim bears to

the sum of all the claims. If a party plaintiff permits vacation of an arrest,

attachment, or garnishment, remaining plaintiffs share the responsibility to the

marshal for the fees and expenses in proportion to the remaining claims and for

the duration of the marshal’s custody because of each claim.

[Source: Maritime Law Association Model Rule (e)(11)]