The Criminal Assets Bureau has tried to serve legal documents on Daniel Kinahan at his business and home addresses in Dubai, the High Court heard today.
CAB is seizing a house in south Dublin, which was controlled by the Kinahan organised crime group after it was given to it by James Mansfield Jnr.
The High Court was also told that CAB does not have confirmation that Mr Kinahan received the papers and it "does not anticipate a reaction" from him.
Mr Kinahan, on whom the US authorities have posted a $5m reward, has until October to decide if he wants to challenge CAB's seizure of the house.
The High Court has already heard that Kinahan gang gave Dublin businessman and now convicted criminal, Mansfield Jnr, €4.5 million in cash in two suitcases in 2009 to buy property.
However, Mansfield's fortunes deteriorated in the financial crash and the gang did not get their property.
The deal turned sour and Mansfield repaid the gang with some cash and a luxury gated home at Coldwater Lakes in Saggart.
The house was under the control of the Kinahan organised crime group, specifically its top two leaders, Mr Kinahan and Thomas Kavanagh, from 2014 and CAB has to serve papers on both before seizing it as the proceeds of crime.
It has already served them on Kavanagh, who is serving 20 years in a UK prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, and has been trying to serve them on Mr Kinahan for months.
CAB discovered addresses for Mr Kinahan in Dubai that were published in a US Treasury press release when a $5m reward was offered each for information leading to the conviction of Mr Kinahan, his brother Christopher Jnr and his father Christopher Snr.
The High Court was told today that attempts have been made to serve papers on Daniel Kinahan at business and residential addresses linked to him in Dubai.
Barrister Shelley Horan said the bureau does not yet have confirmation that Daniel Kinahan has received the papers, but it does "not anticipate a reaction" from him.
If he does not respond, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath will hold a hearing at the High Court on 3 October during which CAB will ask for the Dublin property to be seized.
Ms Horan said the time for Kavanagh to enter an appearance has expired, but he will be allowed to take part if he responds before the hearing in October.
Mansfield Jnr and his brother Patrick Joseph Mansfield have already consented to an order waiving any claim over the property.
