FEDERAL · 28 U.S.C. · Chapter 111

Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement

Current through Pub. L. 119-102
Title 28Judiciary and Judicial Procedure·Ch. 111 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
The creation of a new district or division or the transfer of any territory to another district or division shall not affect or divest any lien theretofore acquired in a district court upon property within such district, division or territory. To enforce such lien, the clerk of the court in which the same is acquired, upon the request and at the cost of the party desiring the same, shall make a certified copy of the record thereof, which, when filed in the proper court of the district or division in which such property is situated after such creation or transfer shall be evidence in all courts and places equally with the original thereof; and, thereafter like proceedings shall be had thereon, and with the same effect, as though the case or proceeding had been originally instituted in such

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

28 U.S.C. § 1656 (Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

Related

United States v. Lord
155 F. Supp. 105 (D. New Hampshire, 1957)
14 case citations

Source Credit

History

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 944; Pub. L. 95–598, title II, §242, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2671.)

Editorial Notes

Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §122 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §60, 36 Stat. 1103).
A provision as to creation of a new district or division or transfer of territory before March 3, 1911, was omitted as obsolete.
Words descriptive of the lien were omitted as unnecessary.
Changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–598 directed the amendment of section by inserting "or in a bankruptcy court" after "a district court", which amendment did not become effective pursuant to section 402(b) of Pub. L. 95–598, as amended, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.