40 U.S.C. § 1313 — Releasing property from attachment

(a) Stipulation of discharge.
(1) In a State, district, territory, or possession court proceeding, if property owned or held by the Federal Government, or in which it has or claims an interest, is seized, arrested, attached, or held to secure or satisfy a claim, the Attorney General may direct the United States Attorney for the district in which the property is located to stipulate that, once the property is discharged from the seizure, arrest, attachment, or proceeding, the person making the claim receives all benefits of this section.
(2) This subsection does not (A) recognize or concede a right to enforce a claim by seizure, arrest, attachment, or other judicial process against property (i) of the Government or (ii) held, owned, or used by the Government or one of its departments for public use, or (B) waive an objection to a proceeding brought to enforce the claim.
(b) Payment. After discharge, a final judgment affirming both the claim for security or satisfaction and the claimant’s right to enforce it against the property despite the Government’s claims is a full and final determination of the claimant’s rights. Against the Government, the judgment gives the claimant the rights the claimant would have had if possession of the property had not changed. If the claim is for money found due, an authenticated copy of the judgment and proceeding record is enough evidence for the proper accounting officers to allow the claim. The claim must be paid from Treasury money not otherwise appropriated. The amount paid may not exceed the value of the Government’s interest in the property.