Laws and Regulations, United States Code
Title 28

• 1: §1. Number of justices; quorum
• 2: §2. Terms of court
• 3: §3. Vacancy in office of Chief Justice; disability
• 4: §4. Precedence of associate justices
• 5: §5. Salaries of justices
• 6: §6. Records of former court of appeals
• 251: §251. Appointment and number of judges; offices
• 252: §252. Tenure and salaries of judges
• 253: §253. Duties of chief judge
• 254: §254. Single-judge trials
• 255: §255. Three-judge trials
• 256: §256. Trials at ports other than New York
• 257: §257. Publication of decisions
• 258: §258. Chief judges; precedence of judges
• 291: §291. Circuit judges
• 292: §292. District judges
• 293: §293. Judges of the Court of International Trade
• 294: §294. Assignment of retired Justices or judges to active duty
• 295: §295. Conditions upon designation and assignment
• 296: §296. Powers upon designation and assignment
• 297: §297. Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states
• 331: §331. Judicial Conference of the United States
• 332: §332. Judicial councils of circuits
• 333: §333. Judicial conferences of circuits
• 334: §334. Institutes and joint councils on sentencing
• 335: §335. Judicial Conference of the Court of International Trade
• 351: §351. Complaints; judge defined
• 352: §352. Review of complaint by chief judge
• 353: §353. Special committees
• 354: §354. Action by judicial council
• 355: §355. Action by Judicial Conference
• 356: §356. Subpoena power
• 357: §357. Review of orders and actions
• 358: §358. Rules
• 359: §359. Restrictions
• 360: §360. Disclosure of information
• 361: §361. Reimbursement of expenses
• 362: §362. Other provisions and rules not affected
• 363: §363. Court of Federal Claims, Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• 364: §364. Effect of felony conviction
• 371: §371. Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status
• 372: §372. Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire
• 373: §373. Judges in territories and possessions
• 374: §374. Residence of retired judges; official station
• 375: §375. Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges
• 376: §376. Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States
• 377: §377. Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
• 411: §411. Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
• 412: §412. Sale of Supreme Court reports
• 413: §413. Publications; distribution to courts
• 414: §414. Transmittal of books to successors
• 415: [§415. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §113, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 29]
• 451: §451. Definitions
• 452: §452. Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions
• 453: §453. Oaths of justices and judges
• 454: §454. Practice of law by justices and judges
• 455: §455. Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge
• 456: §456. Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations
• 457: §457. Records; obsolete papers
• 458: §458. Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
• 459: §459. Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
• 460: §460. Application to other courts
• 461: §461. Adjustments in certain salaries
• 462: §462. Court accommodations
• 463: §463. Expenses of litigation
• 471: §471. Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
• 472: §472. Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
• 473: §473. Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans
• 474: §474. Review of district court action
• 475: §475. Periodic district court assessment
• 476: §476. Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
• 477: §477. Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
• 478: §478. Advisory groups
• 479: §479. Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
• 480: §480. Training programs
• 481: §481. Automated case information
• 482: §482. Definitions
• 41: §41. Number and composition of circuits
• 42: §42. Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
• 43: §43. Creation and composition of courts
• 44: §44. Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
• 45: §45. Chief judges; precedence of judges
• 46: §46. Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum
• 47: §47. Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal
• 48: §48. Terms of court
• 49: §49. Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels
• 100: §100. Maryland
• 101: §101. Massachusetts
• 102: §102. Michigan
• 103: §103. Minnesota
• 104: §104. Mississippi
• 105: §105. Missouri
• 106: §106. Montana
• 107: §107. Nebraska
• 108: §108. Nevada
• 109: §109. New Hampshire
• 110: §110. New Jersey
• 111: §111. New Mexico
• 112: §112. New York
• 113: §113. North Carolina
• 114: §114. North Dakota
• 115: §115. Ohio
• 116: §116. Oklahoma
• 117: §117. Oregon
• 118: §118. Pennsylvania
• 119: §119. Puerto Rico
• 120: §120. Rhode Island
• 121: §121. South Carolina
• 122: §122. South Dakota
• 123: §123. Tennessee
• 124: §124. Texas
• 125: §125. Utah
• 126: §126. Vermont
• 127: §127. Virginia
• 128: §128. Washington
• 129: §129. West Virginia
• 130: §130. Wisconsin
• 131: §131. Wyoming
• 132: §132. Creation and composition of district courts
• 133: §133. Appointment and number of district judges
• 134: §134. Tenure and residence of district judges
• 135: §135. Salaries of district judges
• 136: §136. Chief judges; precedence of district judges
• 137: §137. Division of business among district judges
• 138: §138. Terms abolished
• 139: §139. Times for holding regular sessions
• 140: §140. Adjournment
• 141: §141. Special sessions; places; notice
• 142: [§142. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §115(c)(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32]
• 143: §143. Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings
• 144: §144. Bias or prejudice of judge
• 81: §81. Alabama
• 81A: §81A. Alaska
• 82: §82. Arizona
• 83: §83. Arkansas
• 84: §84. California
• 85: §85. Colorado
• 86: §86. Connecticut
• 87: §87. Delaware
• 88: §88. District of Columbia
• 89: §89. Florida
• 90: §90. Georgia
• 91: §91. Hawaii
• 92: §92. Idaho
• 93: §93. Illinois
• 94: §94. Indiana
• 95: §95. Iowa
• 96: §96. Kansas
• 97: §97. Kentucky
• 98: §98. Louisiana
• 99: §99. Maine
• 151: §151. Designation of bankruptcy courts
• 152: §152. Appointment of bankruptcy judges
• 153: §153. Salaries; character of service
• 154: §154. Division of businesses; chief judge
• 155: §155. Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges
• 156: §156. Staff; expenses
• 157: §157. Procedures
• 158: §158. Appeals
• 159: §159. Bankruptcy statistics
• 171: §171. Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
• 172: §172. Tenure and salaries of judges
• 173: §173. Times and places of holding court
• 174: §174. Assignment of judges; decisions
• 175: §175. Official duty station; residence
• 176: §176. Removal from office
• 177: §177. Disbarment of removed judges
• 178: §178. Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
• 179: §179. Personnel application and insurance programs
• 180: [§180. Repealed. Pub. L. 106?398, §1 [[div. A], title VI, §654(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A?165]
• No : [§§211 to 216. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §106, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 28]
• 501: §501. Executive department
• 502: §502. Seal
• 503: §503. Attorney General
• 504: §504. Deputy Attorney General
• 504a: §504a. Associate Attorney General
• 505: §505. Solicitor General
• 506: §506. Assistant Attorneys General
• 507: §507. Assistant Attorney General for Administration
• 507A: §507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security
• 508: §508. Vacancies
• 509: §509. Functions of the Attorney General
• 509A: §509A. National Security Division
• 509B: §509B. Section to enforce human rights laws
• 510: §510. Delegation of authority
• 511: §511. Attorney General to advise the President
• 512: §512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments
• 513: §513. Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments
• 514: §514. Legal services on pending claims in departments and agencies
• 515: §515. Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys
• 516: §516. Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice
• 517: §517. Interests of United States in pending suits
• 518: §518. Conduct and argument of cases
• 519: §519. Supervision of litigation
• 520: §520. Transmission of petitions in United States Court of Federal Claims or in United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; statement furnished by departments
• 521: §521. Publication and distribution of opinions
• 522: §522. Report of business and statistics
• 523: §523. Requisitions
• 524: §524. Availability of appropriations
• 525: §525. Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange
• 526: §526. Authority of Attorney General to investigate United States attorneys, marshals, trustees, clerks of court, and others
• 527: §527. Establishment of working capital fund
• 528: §528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice
• 529: §529. Annual report of Attorney General
• 530: §530. Payment of travel and transportation expenses of newly appointed special agents
• 530A: §530A. Authorization of appropriations for travel and related expenses and for health care of personnel serving abroad
• 530B: §530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
• 530C: §530C. Authority to use available funds
• 530D: §530D. Report on enforcement of laws
• 531: §531. Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 532: §532. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 533: §533. Investigative and other officials; appointment
• 534: §534. Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials
• 535: §535. Investigation of crimes involving Government officers and employees; limitations
• 536: §536. Positions in excepted service
• 537: §537. Expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character
• 538: §538. Investigation of aircraft piracy and related violations
• 539: §539. Counterintelligence official reception and representation expenses
• 540: §540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers
• 540A: §540A. Investigation of violent crimes against travelers
• 540B: §540B. Investigation of serial killings
• 540C: §540C. FBI police
• 541: §541. United States attorneys
• 542: §542. Assistant United States attorneys
• 543: §543. Special attorneys
• 544: §544. Oath of office
• 545: §545. Residence
• 546: §546. Vacancies
• 547: §547. Duties
• 548: §548. Salaries
• 549: §549. Expenses
• 550: §550. Clerical assistants, messengers, and private process servers
• 561: §561. United States Marshals Service
• 562: §562. Vacancies
• 563: §563. Oath of office
• 564: §564. Powers as sheriff
• 565: §565. Expenses of the Service
• 566: §566. Powers and duties
• 567: §567. Collection of fees; accounting
• 568: §568. Practice of law prohibited
• 569: §569. Reemployment rights
• No : [§§570, 571. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?690, title VII, §7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4512]
• 572: [§572. Renumbered §567]
• No : [§§572a to 574. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?690, title VII, §7608(a)(2)(A), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514]
• No : [§§575, 576. Renumbered §§568, 569]
• 581: §581. United States trustees
• 582: §582. Assistant United States trustees
• 583: §583. Oath of office
• 584: §584. Official stations
• 585: §585. Vacancies
• 586: §586. Duties; supervision by Attorney General
• 587: §587. Salaries
• 588: §588. Expenses
• 589: §589. Staff and other employees
• 589a: §589a. United States Trustee System Fund
• 589b: §589b. Bankruptcy data
• 591: §591. Applicability of provisions of this chapter
• 592: §592. Preliminary investigation and application for appointment of an independent counsel
• 593: §593. Duties of the division of the court
• 594: §594. Authority and duties of an independent counsel
• 595: §595. Congressional oversight
• 596: §596. Removal of an independent counsel; termination of office
• 597: §597. Relationship with Department of Justice
• 598: §598. Severability
• 599: §599. Termination of effect of chapter
• 599A: §599A. Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and Explosives 1
• 599B: §599B. Personnel Management demonstration 1 project 1
• 601: §601. Creation; Director and Deputy Director
• 602: §602. Employees
• 603: §603. Salaries
• 604: §604. Duties of Director generally
• 605: §605. Budget estimates
• 606: §606. Duties of Deputy Director
• 607: §607. Practice of law prohibited
• 608: §608. Seal
• 609: §609. Courts? appointive power unaffected
• 610: §610. Courts defined
• 611: §611. Retirement of Director
• 612: §612. Judiciary Information Technology Fund
• 613: §613. Disbursing and certifying officers
• 620: §620. Federal Judicial Center
• 621: §621. Board; composition, tenure of members, compensation
• 622: §622. Meetings; conduct of business
• 623: §623. Duties of the Board
• 624: §624. Powers of the Board
• 625: §625. Director and staff
• 626: §626. Compensation of the Director and Deputy Director
• 627: §627. Retirement; employee benefits
• 628: §628. Appropriations and accounting
• 629: §629. Federal Judicial Center Foundation
• 631: §631. Appointment and tenure
• 632: §632. Character of service
• 633: §633. Determination of number, locations, and salaries of magistrate judges
• 634: §634. Compensation
• 635: §635. Expenses
• 636: §636. Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment
• 637: §637. Training
• 638: §638. Dockets and forms; United States Code; seals
• 639: §639. Definitions
• 651: §651. Authorization of alternative dispute resolution
• 652: §652. Jurisdiction
• 653: §653. Neutrals
• 654: §654. Arbitration
• 655: §655. Arbitrators
• 656: §656. Subpoenas
• 657: §657. Arbitration award and judgment
• 658: §658. Compensation of arbitrators and neutrals
• 671: §671. Clerk
• 672: §672. Marshal
• 673: §673. Reporter
• 674: §674. Librarian
• 675: §675. Law clerks and secretaries
• 676: §676. Printing and binding
• 677: §677. Counselor to the Chief Justice
• 711: §711. Clerks and employees
• 712: §712. Law clerks and secretaries
• 713: §713. Librarians
• 714: §714. Criers and messengers
• 715: §715. Staff attorneys and technical assistants
• 751: §751. Clerks
• 752: §752. Law clerks and secretaries
• 753: §753. Reporters
• 754: §754. Receivers of property in different districts
• 755: §755. Criers and bailiffs
• 756: §756. Power to appoint
• 791: §791. Clerk
• 792: [§792. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §121(b), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 34]
• 793: [§793. Repealed. July 28, 1953, ch. 253, §6, 67 Stat. 226]
• 794: §794. Law clerks and secretaries
• 795: §795. Bailiffs and messengers
• 796: §796. Reporting of court proceedings
• 797: §797. Recall of retired judges
• 798: §798. Places of holding court; appointment of special masters
• No : [§§831 to 834. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §122(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 36]
• 871: §871. Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees
• 872: §872. Criers, bailiffs, and messengers
• 873: [§873. Renumbered §872]
• 951: §951. Oath of office of clerks and deputies
• 952: [§952. Repealed. Pub. L. 92?310, title II, §206(e)(1), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 203]
• 953: §953. Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
• 954: §954. Vacancy in clerk position; absence of clerk
• 955: §955. Practice of law restricted
• 956: §956. Powers and duties of clerks and deputies
• 957: §957. Clerks ineligible for certain offices
• 958: §958. Persons ineligible as receivers
• 959: §959. Trustees and receivers suable; management; State laws
• 960: §960. Tax liability
• 961: §961. Office expenses of clerks
• 962: [§962. Repealed. Pub. L. 89?554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 663]
• 963: §963. Courts defined
• 991: §991. United States Sentencing Commission; establishment and purposes
• 992: §992. Terms of office; compensation
• 993: §993. Powers and duties of Chair
• 994: §994. Duties of the Commission
• 995: §995. Powers of the Commission
• 996: §996. Director and staff
• 997: §997. Annual report
• 998: §998. Definitions
• 1251: §1251. Original jurisdiction
• 1252: [§1252. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?352, §1, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 662]
• 1253: §1253. Direct appeals from decisions of three-judge courts
• 1254: §1254. Courts of appeals; certiorari; certified questions
• No : [§§1255, 1256. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §123, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 36]
• 1257: §1257. State courts; certiorari
• 1258: §1258. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari
• 1259: §1259. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; certiorari
• 1291: §1291. Final decisions of district courts
• 1292: §1292. Interlocutory decisions
• 1293: [§1293. Repealed. Pub. L. 87?189, §3, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 417]
• 1294: §1294. Circuits in which decisions reviewable
• 1295: §1295. Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• 1296: §1296. Review of certain agency actions
• 1330: §1330. Actions against foreign states
• 1331: §1331. Federal question
• 1332: §1332. Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs
• 1333: §1333. Admiralty, maritime and prize cases
• 1334: §1334. Bankruptcy cases and proceedings
• 1335: §1335. Interpleader
• 1336: §1336. Surface Transportation Board's orders
• 1337: §1337. Commerce and antitrust regulations; amount in controversy, costs
• 1338: §1338. Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition
• 1339: §1339. Postal matters
• 1340: §1340. Internal revenue; customs duties
• 1341: §1341. Taxes by States
• 1342: §1342. Rate orders of State agencies
• 1343: §1343. Civil rights and elective franchise
• 1344: §1344. Election disputes
• 1345: §1345. United States as plaintiff
• 1346: §1346. United States as defendant
• 1347: §1347. Partition action where United States is joint tenant
• 1348: §1348. Banking association as party
• 1349: §1349. Corporation organized under federal law as party
• 1350: §1350. Alien's action for tort
• 1351: §1351. Consuls, vice consuls, and members of a diplomatic mission as defendant
• 1352: §1352. Bonds executed under federal law
• 1353: §1353. Indian allotments
• 1354: §1354. Land grants from different states
• 1355: §1355. Fine, penalty or forfeiture
• 1356: §1356. Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction
• 1357: §1357. Injuries under Federal laws
• 1358: §1358. Eminent domain
• 1359: §1359. Parties collusively joined or made
• 1360: §1360. State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties
• 1361: §1361. Action to compel an officer of the United States to perform his duty
• 1362: §1362. Indian tribes
• 1363: §1363. Jurors? employment rights
• 1364: §1364. Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families
• 1365: §1365. Senate actions
• 1366: §1366. Construction of references to laws of the United States or Acts of Congress
• 1367: §1367. Supplemental jurisdiction
• 1368: §1368. Counterclaims in unfair practices in international trade.
• 1369: §1369. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction
• 1391: §1391. Venue generally
• 1392: §1392. Defendants or property in different districts in same State
• 1393: [§1393. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?702, title X, §1001(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4664]
• 1394: §1394. Banking association's action against Comptroller of Currency
• 1395: §1395. Fine, penalty or forfeiture
• 1396: §1396. Internal revenue taxes
• 1397: §1397. Interpleader
• 1398: §1398. Interstate Commerce Commission's orders
• 1399: §1399. Partition action involving United States
• 1400: §1400. Patents and copyrights, mask works, and designs
• 1401: §1401. Stockholder's derivative action
• 1402: §1402. United States as defendant
• 1403: §1403. Eminent domain
• 1404: §1404. Change of venue
• 1405: §1405. Creation or alteration of district or division
• 1406: §1406. Cure or waiver of defects
• 1407: §1407. Multidistrict litigation
• 1408: §1408. Venue of cases under title 11
• 1409: §1409. Venue of proceedings arising under title 11 or arising in or related to cases under title 11
• 1410: §1410. Venue of cases ancillary to foreign proceedings
• 1411: §1411. Jury trials
• 1412: §1412. Change of venue
• 1413: §1413. Venue of cases under chapter 5 of title 3
• 1441: §1441. Actions removable generally
• 1442: §1442. Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted
• 1442a: §1442a. Members of armed forces sued or prosecuted
• 1443: §1443. Civil rights cases
• 1444: §1444. Foreclosure action against United States
• 1445: §1445. Nonremovable actions
• 1446: §1446. Procedure for removal
• 1447: §1447. Procedure after removal generally
• 1448: §1448. Process after removal
• 1449: §1449. State court record supplied
• 1450: §1450. Attachment or sequestration; securities
• 1451: §1451. Definitions
• 1452: §1452. Removal of claims related to bankruptcy cases
• 1453: §1453. Removal of class actions
• 1491: §1491. Claims against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority
• 1492: §1492. Congressional reference cases
• 1493: [§1493. Repealed. July 28, 1953, ch. 253, §8, 67 Stat. 226]
• 1494: §1494. Accounts of officers, agents or contractors
• 1495: §1495. Damages for unjust conviction and imprisonment; claim against United States
• 1496: §1496. Disbursing officers? claims
• 1497: §1497. Oyster growers? damages from dredging operations
• 1498: §1498. Patent and copyright cases
• 1499: §1499. Liquidated damages withheld from contractors under chapter 37 of title 40
• 1500: §1500. Pendency of claims in other courts
• 1501: §1501. Pensions
• 1502: §1502. Treaty cases
• 1503: §1503. Set-offs
• 1504: [§1504. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §133(f), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• 1505: §1505. Indian claims
• 1506: [§1506. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §133(h), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• 1507: §1507. Jurisdiction for certain declaratory judgments
• 1508: §1508. Jurisdiction for certain partnership proceedings
• 1509: §1509. No jurisdiction in cases involving refunds of tax shelter promoter and understatement penalties
• No : [§§1541 to 1546. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §134, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• 1581: §1581. Civil actions against the United States and agencies and officers thereof
• 1582: §1582. Civil actions commenced by the United States
• 1583: §1583. Counterclaims, cross-claims, and third-party actions
• 1584: §1584. Civil actions under the North American Free Trade Agreement or the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
• 1585: §1585. Powers in law and equity
• 1602: §1602. Findings and declaration of purpose
• 1603: §1603. Definitions
• 1604: §1604. Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction
• 1605: §1605. General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state
• 1605A: §1605A. Terrorism exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state
• 1606: §1606. Extent of liability
• 1607: §1607. Counterclaims
• 1608: §1608. Service; time to answer; default
• 1609: §1609. Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state
• 1610: §1610. Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution
• 1611: §1611. Certain types of property immune from execution
• 1631: §1631. Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction
• 1651: §1651. Writs
• 1652: §1652. State laws as rules of decision
• 1653: §1653. Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction
• 1654: §1654. Appearance personally or by counsel
• 1655: §1655. Lien enforcement; absent defendants
• 1656: §1656. Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement
• 1657: §1657. Priority of civil actions
• 1658: §1658. Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions arising under Acts of Congress
• 1659: §1659. Stay of certain actions pending disposition of related proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission
• 1691: §1691. Seal and teste of process
• 1692: §1692. Process and orders affecting property in different districts
• 1693: §1693. Place of arrest in civil action
• 1694: §1694. Patent infringement action
• 1695: §1695. Stockholder's derivative action
• 1696: §1696. Service in foreign and international litigation
• 1697: §1697. Service in multiparty, multiforum actions
• 1711: §1711. Definitions
• 1712: §1712. Coupon settlements
• 1713: §1713. Protection against loss by class members
• 1714: §1714. Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
• 1715: §1715. Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials
• 1731: §1731. Handwriting
• 1732: §1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies
• 1733: §1733. Government records and papers; copies
• 1734: §1734. Court record lost or destroyed, generally
• 1735: §1735. Court record lost or destroyed where United States interested
• 1736: §1736. Congressional Journals
• 1737: §1737. Copy of officer's bond
• 1738: §1738. State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
• 1738A: §1738A. Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations
• 1738B: §1738B. Full faith and credit for child support orders
• 1738C: §1738C. Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect thereof
• 1739: §1739. State and Territorial nonjudicial records; full faith and credit
• 1740: §1740. Copies of consular papers
• 1741: §1741. Foreign official documents
• 1742: [§1742. Repealed. Pub. L. 88?619, §6(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 996]
• 1743: §1743. Demand on postmaster
• 1744: §1744. Copies of United States Patent and Trademark Office documents, generally
• 1745: §1745. Copies of foreign patent documents
• 1746: §1746. Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury
• 1781: §1781. Transmittal of letter rogatory or request
• 1782: §1782. Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals
• 1783: §1783. Subpoena of person in foreign country
• 1784: §1784. Contempt
• 1785: §1785. Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions
• 1821: §1821. Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence
• 1822: §1822. Competency of interested persons; share of penalties payable
• 1823: [§1823. Repealed. Pub. L. 91?563, §5(a), Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1478]
• 1824: §1824. Mileage fees under summons as both witness and juror
• 1825: §1825. Payment of fees
• 1826: §1826. Recalcitrant witnesses
• 1827: §1827. Interpreters in courts of the United States
• 1828: §1828. Special interpretation services
• 1861: §1861. Declaration of policy
• 1862: §1862. Discrimination prohibited
• 1863: §1863. Plan for random jury selection
• 1864: §1864. Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; completion of juror qualification form
• 1865: §1865. Qualifications for jury service
• 1866: §1866. Selection and summoning of jury panels
• 1867: §1867. Challenging compliance with selection procedures
• 1868: §1868. Maintenance and inspection of records
• 1869: §1869. Definitions
• 1870: §1870. Challenges
• 1871: §1871. Fees
• 1872: §1872. Issues of fact in Supreme Court
• 1873: §1873. Admiralty and maritime cases
• 1874: §1874. Actions on bonds and specialties
• 1875: §1875. Protection of jurors? employment
• 1876: §1876. Trial by jury in the Court of International Trade
• 1877: §1877. Protection of jurors
• 1878: §1878. Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure
• 1911: §1911. Supreme Court
• 1912: §1912. Damages and costs on affirmance
• 1913: §1913. Courts of appeals
• 1914: §1914. District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of court
• 1915: §1915. Proceedings in forma pauperis
• 1915A: §1915A. Screening
• 1916: §1916. Seamen's suits
• 1917: §1917. District courts; fee on filing notice of or petition for appeal
• 1918: §1918. District courts; fines, forfeitures and criminal proceedings
• 1919: §1919. Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
• 1920: §1920. Taxation of costs
• 1921: §1921. United States marshal's fees
• 1922: §1922. Witness fees before United States magistrate judges
• 1923: §1923. Docket fees and costs of briefs
• 1924: §1924. Verification of bill of costs
• 1925: §1925. Admiralty and maritime cases
• 1926: §1926. Court of Federal Claims
• 1927: §1927. Counsel's liability for excessive costs
• 1928: §1928. Patent infringement action; disclaimer not filed
• 1929: §1929. Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized
• 1930: §1930. Bankruptcy fees
• 1931: §1931. Disposition of filing fees
• 1932: §1932.1 Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
• 1932: §1932.1 Revocation of earned release credit
• 1961: §1961. Interest
• 1962: §1962. Lien
• 1963: §1963. Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts
• 1963A: [§1963A. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?702, title X, §1002(b)(2), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4664]
• 1964: §1964. Constructive notice of pending actions
• 2001: §2001. Sale of realty generally
• 2002: §2002. Notice of sale of realty
• 2003: §2003. Marshal's incapacity after levy on or sale of realty
• 2004: §2004. Sale of personalty generally
• 2005: §2005. Appraisal of goods taken on execution
• 2006: §2006. Execution against revenue officer
• 2007: §2007. Imprisonment for debt
• 2041: §2041. Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases
• 2042: §2042. Withdrawal
• 2043: §2043. Deposit of other moneys
• 2044: §2044. Payment of fine with bond money
• 2045: §2045. Investment of court registry funds
• 2071: §2071. Rule-making power generally
• 2072: §2072. Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
• 2073: §2073. Rules of procedure and evidence; method of prescribing
• 2074: §2074. Rules of procedure and evidence; submission to Congress; effective date
• 2075: §2075. Bankruptcy rules
• 2076: [§2076. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?702, title IV, §401(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4650]
• 2077: §2077. Publication of rules; advisory committees
• 2101: §2101. Supreme Court; time for appeal or certiorari; docketing; stay
• 2102: §2102. Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court
• 2103: [§2103. Repealed. Pub. L. 100?352, §5(c), June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 663]
• 2104: §2104. Reviews of State court decisions
• 2105: §2105. Scope of review; abatement
• 2106: §2106. Determination
• 2107: §2107. Time for appeal to court of appeals
• 2108: §2108. Proof of amount in controversy
• 2109: §2109. Quorum of Supreme Court justices absent
• 2110: [§2110. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §136, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• 2111: §2111. Harmless error
• 2112: §2112. Record on review and enforcement of agency orders
• 2113: §2113. Definition
• 2201: §2201. Creation of remedy
• 2202: §2202. Further relief
• 2241: §2241. Power to grant writ
• 2242: §2242. Application
• 2243: §2243. Issuance of writ; return; hearing; decision
• 2244: §2244. Finality of determination
• 2245: §2245. Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence
• 2246: §2246. Evidence; depositions; affidavits
• 2247: §2247. Documentary evidence
• 2248: §2248. Return or answer; conclusiveness
• 2249: §2249. Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent
• 2250: §2250. Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost
• 2251: §2251. Stay of State court proceedings
• 2252: §2252. Notice
• 2253: §2253. Appeal
• 2254: §2254. State custody; remedies in Federal courts
• 2255: §2255. Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence
• 2256: [§2256. Omitted]
• 2261: §2261. Prisoners in State custody subject to capital sentence; appointment of counsel; requirement of rule of court or statute; procedures for appointment
• 2262: §2262. Mandatory stay of execution; duration; limits on stays of execution; successive petitions
• 2263: §2263. Filing of habeas corpus application; time requirements; tolling rules
• 2264: §2264. Scope of Federal review; district court adjudications
• 2265: §2265. Certification and judicial review
• 2266: §2266. Limitation periods for determining applications and motions
• No : [§§2281, 2282. Repealed. Pub. L. 94?381, §§1, 2, Aug. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 1119]
• 2283: §2283. Stay of State court proceedings
• 2284: §2284. Three-judge court; when required; composition; procedure
• 2321: §2321. Judicial review of Board's orders and decisions; procedure generally; process
• 2322: §2322. United States as party
• 2323: §2323. Duties of Attorney General; intervenors
• No : [§§2324, 2325. Repealed. Pub. L. 93?584, §7, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1918]
• 2341: §2341. Definitions
• 2342: §2342. Jurisdiction of court of appeals
• 2343: §2343. Venue
• 2344: §2344. Review of orders; time; notice; contents of petition; service
• 2345: §2345. Prehearing conference
• 2346: §2346. Certification of record on review
• 2347: §2347. Petitions to review; proceedings
• 2348: §2348. Representation in proceeding; intervention
• 2349: §2349. Jurisdiction of the proceeding
• 2350: §2350. Review in Supreme Court on certiorari or certification
• 2351: §2351. Enforcement of orders by district courts
• 2352: [§2352. Repealed. Pub. L. 89?773, §4, Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1323]
• 2353: [§2353. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §138, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 42]
• 2361: §2361. Process and procedure
• 2401: §2401. Time for commencing action against United States
• 2402: §2402. Jury trial in actions against United States
• 2403: §2403. Intervention by United States or a State; constitutional question
• 2404: §2404. Death of defendant in damage action
• 2405: §2405. Garnishment
• 2406: §2406. Credits in actions by United States; prior disallowance
• 2407: §2407. Delinquents for public money; judgment at return term; continuance
• 2408: §2408. Security not required of United States
• 2409: §2409. Partition actions involving United States
• 2409a: §2409a. Real property quiet title actions
• 2410: §2410. Actions affecting property on which United States has lien
• 2411: §2411. Interest
• 2412: §2412. Costs and fees
• 2413: §2413. Executions in favor of United States
• 2414: §2414. Payment of judgments and compromise settlements
• 2415: §2415. Time for commencing actions brought by the United States
• 2416: §2416. Time for commencing actions brought by the United States?Exclusions
• 2461: §2461. Mode of recovery
• 2462: §2462. Time for commencing proceedings
• 2463: §2463. Property taken under revenue law not repleviable
• 2464: §2464. Security; special bond
• 2465: §2465. Return of property to claimant; liability for wrongful seizure; attorney fees, costs, and interest
• 2466: §2466. Fugitive disentitlement
• 2467: §2467. Enforcement of foreign judgment
• 2501: §2501. Time for filing suit
• 2502: §2502. Aliens? privilege to sue
• 2503: §2503. Proceedings generally
• 2504: §2504. Plaintiff's testimony
• 2505: §2505. Trial before judges
• 2506: §2506. Interest of witness
• 2507: §2507. Calls and discovery
• 2508: §2508. Counterclaim or set-off; registration of judgment
• 2509: §2509. Congressional reference cases
• 2510: §2510. Referral of cases by Comptroller General
• 2511: §2511. Accounts of officers, agents or contractors
• 2512: §2512. Disbursing officers; relief
• 2513: §2513. Unjust conviction and imprisonment
• 2514: §2514. Forfeiture of fraudulent claims
• 2515: §2515. New trial; stay of judgment
• 2516: §2516. Interest on claims and judgments
• 2517: §2517. Payment of judgments
• 2518: [§2518. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §139(l), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 43]
• 2519: §2519. Conclusiveness of judgment
• 2520: [§2520. Repealed. Pub. L. 106?518, title II, §207, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2414]
• 2521: §2521. Subpoenas and incidental powers
• 2522: §2522. Notice of appeal
• No : [§§2601 to 2604. Repealed. Pub. L. 97?164, title I, §140, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 44]
• 2631: §2631. Persons entitled to commence a civil action
• 2632: §2632. Commencement of a civil action
• 2633: §2633. Procedure and fees
• 2634: §2634. Notice
• 2635: §2635. Filing of official documents
• 2636: §2636. Time for commencement of action
• 2637: §2637. Exhaustion of administrative remedies
• 2638: §2638. New grounds in support of a civil action
• 2639: §2639. Burden of proof; evidence of value
• 2640: §2640. Scope and standard of review
• 2641: §2641. Witnesses; inspection of documents
• 2642: §2642. Analysis of imported merchandise
• 2643: §2643. Relief
• 2644: §2644. Interest
• 2645: §2645. Decisions
• 2646: §2646. Retrial or rehearing
• 2647: [§2647. Repealed. Pub. L. 98?620, title IV, §402(29)(G), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3359]
• 2671: §2671. Definitions
• 2672: §2672. Administrative adjustment of claims
• 2673: §2673. Reports to Congress
• 2674: §2674. Liability of United States
• 2675: §2675. Disposition by federal agency as prerequisite; evidence
• 2676: §2676. Judgment as bar
• 2677: §2677. Compromise
• 2678: §2678. Attorney fees; penalty
• 2679: §2679. Exclusiveness of remedy
• 2680: §2680. Exceptions
• 2710: §2710. Right of attachment
• 2711: §2711. Application for warrant
• 2712: §2712. Issue of warrant
• 2713: §2713. Trial of ownership of property
• 2714: §2714. Investment of proceeds of attached property
• 2715: §2715. Publication
• 2716: §2716. Personal notice
• 2717: §2717. Discharge
• 2718: §2718. Interest on balances due department
• No : [§§2901 to 2906. Repealed. Pub. L. 106?310, div. B, title XXXIV, §3405(c)(1), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1221]
• 3001: §3001. Applicability of chapter
• 3002: §3002. Definitions
• 3003: §3003. Rules of construction
• 3004: §3004. Service of process; enforcement; notice
• 3005: §3005. Application of chapter to judgments
• 3006: §3006. Affidavit requirements
• 3007: §3007. Perishable personal property
• 3008: §3008. Proceedings before United States magistrate judges
• 3009: §3009. United States marshals? authority to designate keeper
• 3010: §3010. Co-owned property
• 3011: §3011. Assessment of surcharge on a debt
• 3012: §3012. Joinder of additional defendant
• 3013: §3013. Modification or protective order; supervision of enforcement
• 3014: §3014. Exempt property
• 3015: §3015. Discovery as to debtor's financial condition
• 3101: §3101. Prejudgment remedies
• 3102: §3102. Attachment
• 3103: §3103. Receivership
• 3104: §3104. Garnishment
• 3105: §3105. Sequestration
• 3201: §3201. Judgment liens
• 3202: §3202. Enforcement of judgments
• 3203: §3203. Execution
• 3204: §3204. Installment payment order
• 3205: §3205. Garnishment
• 3206: §3206. Discharge
• 3301: §3301. Definitions
• 3302: §3302. Insolvency
• 3303: §3303. Value for transfer or obligation
• 3304: §3304. Transfer fraudulent as to a debt to the United States
• 3305: §3305. When transfer is made or obligation is incurred
• 3306: §3306. Remedies of the United States
• 3307: §3307. Defenses, liability, and protection of transferee
• 3308: §3308. Supplementary provision
• 3701: §3701. Definitions
• 3702: §3702. Unlawful sports gambling
• 3703: §3703. Injunctions
• 3704: §3704. Applicability
• 3901: §3901. Civil actions
• 3902: §3902. Judicial review of regulations
• 3903: §3903. Effect of failure to issue regulations
• 3904: §3904. Expedited review of certain appeals
• 3905: §3905. Attorney's fees and interest
• 3906: §3906. Payments
• 3907: §3907. Other judicial review prohibited
• 3908: §3908. Definitions
• 4001: §4001. Assumption of contractual obligations related to transfers of rights in motion pictures
• 4101: §4101. Definitions
• 4102: §4102. Recognition of foreign defamation judgments
• 4103: §4103. Removal
• 4104: §4104. Declaratory judgments
• 4105: §4105. Attorneys? fees