§ 1609. —  Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state.

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[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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[CITE: 28USC1609]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
         CHAPTER 97--JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES
 
Sec. 1609. Immunity from attachment and execution of property of 
        a foreign state
        
    Subject to existing international agreements to which the United 
States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act the property in 
the United States of a foreign state shall be immune from attachment 
arrest and execution except as provided in sections 1610 and 1611 of 
this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 94-583, Sec. 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2895.)

                       References in Text

    The time of enactment of this Act, referred to in text, probably 
means the time of enactment of Pub. L. 94-583, which was approved Oct. 
21, 1976.