28 U.S.C. § 3206 — Discharge

FEDERAL · 28 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER C—POSTJUDGMENT REMEDIES

Discharge

28 U.S.C. § 3206

Title28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

ChapterSUBCHAPTER C—POSTJUDGMENT REMEDIES

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28 U.S.C. § 3206.

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A person who pursuant to an execution or order issued under this chapter by a court pays or delivers to the United States, a United States marshal, or a receiver, money or other personal property in which a judgment debtor has or will have an interest, or so pays a debt such person owes the judgment debtor, is discharged from such debt to the judgment debtor to the extent of the payment or delivery.

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A person who pursuant to an execution or order issued under this chapter by a court pays or delivers to the United States, a United States marshal, or a receiver, money or other personal property in which a judgment debtor has or will have an interest, or so pays a debt such person owes the judgment debtor, is discharged from such debt to the judgment debtor to the extent of the payment or delivery.

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History

(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, §3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4959.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date
Section effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that effective date, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

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