Federal

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

805 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1694 — Patent infringement action
• § 1695 — Stockholder’s derivative action
• § 1696 — Service in foreign and international litigation
• § 1697 — Service in multiparty, multiforum actions
• § 171 — Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
• § 1711 — Definitions
• § 1712 — Coupon settlements
• § 1713 — Protection against loss by class members
• § 1714 — Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
• § 1715 — Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials
• § 172 — Tenure and salaries of judges
• § 173 — Times and places of holding court
• § 1731 — Handwriting
• § 1732 — Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies
• § 1733 — Government records and papers; copies
• § 1734 — Court record lost or destroyed, generally
• § 1735 — Court record lost or destroyed where United States interested
• § 1736 — Congressional Journals
• § 1737 — Copy of officer’s bond
• § 1738 — State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
• § 1738A — Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations
• § 1738B — Full faith and credit for child support orders
• § 1738C — Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect thereof
• § 1739 — State and Territorial nonjudicial records; full faith and credit
• § 174 — Assignment of judges; decisions
• § 1740 — Copies of consular papers
• § 1741 — Foreign official documents
• § 1742 — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–619, § 6(a) , Oct. 3, 1964 , 78 Stat. 996 ]
• § 1743 — Demand on postmaster
• § 1744 — Copies of United States Patent and Trademark Office documents, generally
• § 1745 — Copies of foreign patent documents
• § 1746 — Unsworn declarations under penalty of per­jury
• § 175 — Official duty station; residence
• § 176 — Removal from office
• § 177 — Disbarment of removed judges
• § 178 — Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
• § 1781 — Transmittal of letter rogatory or request
• § 1782 — Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals
• § 1783 — Subpoena of person in foreign country
• § 1784 — Contempt
• § 1785 — Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions
• § 179 — Personnel application and insurance programs
• § 180 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A] , title VI, § 654(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1654 , 1654A–165]
• § 1821 — Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence
• § 1822 — Competency of interested persons; share of penalties payable
• § 1823 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–563, § 5(a) , Dec. 19, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1478 ]
• § 1824 — Mileage fees under summons as both witness and juror
• § 1825 — Payment of fees
• § 1826 — Recalcitrant witnesses
• § 1827 — Interpreters in courts of the United States
• § 1828 — Special interpretation services
• § 1861 — Declaration of policy
• § 1862 — Discrimination prohibited
• § 1863 — Plan for random jury selection
• § 1864 — Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; completion of juror qualification form
• § 1865 — Qualifications for jury service
• § 1866 — Selection and summoning of jury panels
• § 1867 — Challenging compliance with selection procedures
• § 1868 — Maintenance and inspection of records
• § 1869 — Definitions
• § 1870 — Challenges
• § 1871 — Fees
• § 1872 — Issues of fact in Supreme Court
• § 1873 — Admiralty and maritime cases
• § 1874 — Actions on bonds and specialties
• § 1875 — Protection of jurors’ employment
• § 1876 — Trial by jury in the Court of International Trade
• § 1877 — Protection of jurors
• § 1878 — Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure
• § 1911 — Supreme Court
• § 1912 — Damages and costs on affirmance
• § 1913 — Courts of appeals
• § 1914 — District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of court
• § 1915 — Proceedings in forma pauperis
• § 1915A — Screening
• § 1916 — Seamen’s suits
• § 1917 — District courts; fee on filing notice of or petition for appeal
• § 1918 — District courts; fines, forfeitures and criminal proceedings
• § 1919 — Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
• § 1920 — Taxation of costs
• § 1921 — United States marshal’s fees
• § 1922 — Witness fees before United States magistrate judges
• § 1923 — Docket fees and costs of briefs
• § 1924 — Verification of bill of costs
• § 1925 — Admiralty and maritime cases
• § 1926 — Court of Federal Claims
• § 1927 — Counsel’s liability for excessive costs
• § 1928 — Patent infringement action; disclaimer not filed
• § 1929 — Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized
• § 1930 — Bankruptcy fees
• § 1931 — Disposition of filing fees
• § 1932 — Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
• § 1961 — Interest
• § 1962 — Lien
• § 1963 — Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts
• § 1963A — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1002(b)(2) , Nov. 19, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4664 ]
• § 1964 — Constructive notice of pending actions
• § 2 — Terms of court
• § 2001 — Sale of realty generally
• § 2002 — Notice of sale of realty
• § 2003 — Marshal’s incapacity after levy on or sale of realty
• § 2004 — Sale of personalty generally
• § 2005 — Appraisal of goods taken on execution
• § 2006 — Execution against revenue officer
• § 2007 — Imprisonment for debt
• § 2041 — Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases
• § 2042 — Withdrawal
• § 2043 — Deposit of other moneys
• § 2044 — Payment of fine with bond money
• § 2045 — Investment of court registry funds
• § 2071 — Rule-making power generally
• § 2072 — Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
• § 2073 — Rules of procedure and evidence; method of prescribing
• § 2074 — Rules of procedure and evidence; submission to Congress; effective date
• § 2075 — Bankruptcy rules
• § 2076 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title IV, § 401(c) , Nov. 19, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4650 ]
• § 2077 — Publication of rules; advisory committees
• § 2101 — Supreme Court; time for appeal or certiorari; docketing; stay
• § 2102 — Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court
• § 2103 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–352, § 5(c) , June 27, 1988 , 102 Stat. 663 ]
• § 2104 — Reviews of State court decisions
• § 2105 — Scope of review; abatement
• § 2106 — Determination
• § 2107 — Time for appeal to court of appeals
• § 2108 — Proof of amount in controversy
• § 2109 — Quorum of Supreme Court justices absent
• § 211 to 216 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 106 , Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 28 ]
• § 2110 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 136 , Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 41 ]
• § 2111 — Harmless error
• § 2112 — Record on review and enforcement of agency orders
• § 2113 — Definition
• § 2201 — Creation of remedy
• § 2202 — Further relief
• § 2241 — Power to grant writ
• § 2242 — Application
• § 2243 — Issuance of writ; return; hearing; decision
• § 2244 — Finality of determination
• § 2245 — Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence
• § 2246 — Evidence; depositions; affidavits
• § 2247 — Documentary evidence
• § 2248 — Return or answer; conclusiveness
• § 2249 — Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent
• § 2250 — Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost
• § 2251 — Stay of State court proceedings
• § 2252 — Notice
• § 2253 — Appeal
• § 2254 — State custody; remedies in Federal courts
• § 2255 — Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence
• § 2256 — Omitted]
• § 2261 — Prisoners in State custody subject to capital sentence; appointment of counsel; requirement of rule of court or statute; procedures for appointment
• § 2262 — Mandatory stay of execution; duration; limits on stays of execution; successive petitions
• § 2263 — Filing of habeas corpus application; time requirements; tolling rules
• § 2264 — Scope of Federal review; district court adjudications
• § 2265 — Certification and judicial review
• § 2266 — Limitation periods for determining applications and motions
• § 2281, 2282 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–381 , §§ 1, 2, Aug. 12, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1119 ]
• § 2283 — Stay of State court proceedings
• § 2284 — Three-judge court; when required; composition; procedure
• § 2321 — Judicial review of Board’s orders and decisions; procedure generally; process
• § 2322 — United States as party
• § 2323 — Duties of Attorney General; intervenors
• § 2324, 2325 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–584, § 7 , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1918 ]
• § 2341 — Definitions
• § 2342 — Jurisdiction of court of appeals
• § 2343 — Venue
• § 2344 — Review of orders; time; notice; contents of petition; service
• § 2345 — Prehearing conference
• § 2346 — Certification of record on review
• § 2347 — Petitions to review; proceedings
• § 2348 — Representation in proceeding; intervention
• § 2349 — Jurisdiction of the proceeding
• § 2350 — Review in Supreme Court on certiorari or certification
• § 2351 — Enforcement of orders by district courts
• § 2352 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–773, § 4 , Nov. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 1323 ]
• § 2353 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 138 , Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 42 ]
• § 2361 — Process and procedure
• § 2401 — Time for commencing action against United States
• § 2402 — Jury trial in actions against United States
• § 2403 — Intervention by United States or a State; constitutional question
• § 2404 — Death of defendant in damage action
• § 2405 — Garnishment
• § 2406 — Credits in actions by United States; prior disallowance
• § 2407 — Delinquents for public money; judgment at return term; continuance
• § 2408 — Security not required of United States
• § 2409 — Partition actions involving United States
• § 2409a — Real property quiet title actions
• § 2410 — Actions affecting property on which United States has lien
• § 2411 — Interest
• § 2412 — Costs and fees
• § 2413 — Executions in favor of United States
• § 2414 — Payment of judgments and compromise settlements
• § 2415 — Time for commencing actions brought by the United States
• § 2416 — Time for commencing actions brought by the United States—Exclusions
• § 2461 — Mode of recovery
• § 2462 — Time for commencing proceedings
• § 2463 — Property taken under revenue law not re­pleviable
• § 2464 — Security; special bond
• § 2465 — Return of property to claimant; liability for wrongful seizure; attorney fees, costs, and interest
• § 2466 — Fugitive disentitlement
• § 2467 — Enforcement of foreign judgment