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28 U.S.C. § 1399

Partition action involving United States

United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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28 U.S.C. § 1399, Partition action involving United States, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465232
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Any civil action by any tenant in common or joint tenant for the partition of lands, where the United States is one of the tenants in common or joint tenants, may be brought only in the judicial district where such lands are located or, if located in different districts in the same State, in any of such districts.

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