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28 U.S.C. § 1715

Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials

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

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28 U.S.C. § 1715, Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465332
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In this section, the term “appropriate Federal official” means— Not later than 10 days after a proposed settlement of a class action is filed in court, each defendant that is participating in the proposed settlement shall serve upon the appropriate State official of each State in which a class member resides and the appropriate Federal official, a notice of the proposed settlement consisting of— any proposed or final notification to class members of—

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