Federal · Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

28 U.S.C. § 2466: Fugitive disentitlement

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute defines conditions under which a person may be disentitled from pursuing claims, including fleeing U.S. jurisdiction or evading court jurisdiction in a pending criminal case, and applies this rule to corporate claims based on majority shareholders' conduct.

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purposely leaves the jurisdiction of the United States; declines to enter or reenter the United States to submit to its jurisdiction; or otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person; and is not confined or held in custody in any other jurisdiction for commission of criminal conduct in that jurisdiction. Subsection (a) may be applied to a claim filed by a corporation if any majority shareholder, or individual filing the claim on behalf of the corporation is a person to whom subsection (a) applies.

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