2015 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (Sections 1 - 5001)
Part V - Procedure (Sections 1651 - 2113)

• Table of Contents
• Front Matter
• Chapter 111 - General Provisions (Sections 1651 - 1659)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1651 - Writs
  • Sec. 1652 - State laws as rules of decision
  • Sec. 1653 - Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction
  • Sec. 1654 - Appearance personally or by counsel
  • Sec. 1655 - Lien enforcement; absent defendants
  • Sec. 1656 - Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement
  • Sec. 1657 - Priority of civil actions
  • Sec. 1658 - Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions arising under Acts of Congress
  • Sec. 1659 - Stay of certain actions pending disposition of related proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission
• Chapter 113 - Process (Sections 1691 - 1697)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1691 - Seal and teste of process
  • Sec. 1692 - Process and orders affecting property in different districts
  • Sec. 1693 - Place of arrest in civil action
  • Sec. 1694 - Patent infringement action
  • Sec. 1695 - Stockholder's derivative action
  • Sec. 1696 - Service in foreign and international litigation
  • Sec. 1697 - Service in multiparty, multiforum actions
• Chapter 114 - Class Actions (Sections 1711 - 1715)
  • Table of Contents
  • Sec. 1711 - Definitions
  • Sec. 1712 - Coupon settlements
  • Sec. 1713 - Protection against loss by class members
  • Sec. 1714 - Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
  • Sec. 1715 - Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials
• Chapter 115 - Evidence; Documentary (Sections 1731 - 1746)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1731 - Handwriting
  • Sec. 1732 - Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies
  • Sec. 1733 - Government records and papers; copies
  • Sec. 1734 - Court record lost or destroyed, generally
  • Sec. 1735 - Court record lost or destroyed where United States interested
  • Sec. 1736 - Congressional Journals
  • Sec. 1737 - Copy of officer's bond
  • Sec. 1738 - State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
  • Sec. 1738A - Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations
  • Sec. 1738B - Full faith and credit for child support orders
  • Sec. 1738C - Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect thereof
  • Sec. 1739 - State and Territorial nonjudicial records; full faith and credit
  • Sec. 1740 - Copies of consular papers
  • Sec. 1741 - Foreign official documents
  • Sec. 1742 - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-619, §6(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 996
  • Sec. 1743 - Demand on postmaster
  • Sec. 1744 - Copies of United States Patent and Trademark Office documents, generally
  • Sec. 1745 - Copies of foreign patent documents
  • Sec. 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury
• Chapter 117 - Evidence; Depositions (Sections 1781 - 1785)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1781 - Transmittal of letter rogatory or request
  • Sec. 1782 - Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals
  • Sec. 1783 - Subpoena of person in foreign country
  • Sec. 1784 - Contempt
  • Sec. 1785 - Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions
• Chapter 119 - Evidence; Witnesses (Sections 1821 - 1828)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1821 - Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence
  • Sec. 1822 - Competency of interested persons; share of penalties payable
  • Sec. 1823 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-563, §5(a), Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1478
  • Sec. 1824 - Mileage fees under summons as both witness and juror
  • Sec. 1825 - Payment of fees
  • Sec. 1826 - Recalcitrant witnesses
  • Sec. 1827 - Interpreters in courts of the United States
  • Sec. 1828 - Special interpretation services
• Chapter 121 - Juries; Trial by Jury (Sections 1861 - 1878)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1861 - Declaration of policy
  • Sec. 1862 - Discrimination prohibited
  • Sec. 1863 - Plan for random jury selection
  • Sec. 1864 - Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; completion of juror qualification form
  • Sec. 1865 - Qualifications for jury service
  • Sec. 1866 - Selection and summoning of jury panels
  • Sec. 1867 - Challenging compliance with selection procedures
  • Sec. 1868 - Maintenance and inspection of records
  • Sec. 1869 - Definitions
  • Sec. 1870 - Challenges
  • Sec. 1871 - Fees
  • Sec. 1872 - Issues of fact in Supreme Court
  • Sec. 1873 - Admiralty and maritime cases
  • Sec. 1874 - Actions on bonds and specialties
  • Sec. 1875 - Protection of jurors' employment
  • Sec. 1876 - Trial by jury in the Court of International Trade
  • Sec. 1877 - Protection of jurors
  • Sec. 1878 - Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure
• Chapter 123 - Fees and Costs (Sections 1911 - 1932_2)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1911 - Supreme Court
  • Sec. 1912 - Damages and costs on affirmance
  • Sec. 1913 - Courts of appeals
  • Sec. 1914 - District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of court
  • Sec. 1915 - Proceedings in forma pauperis
  • Sec. 1915A - Screening
  • Sec. 1916 - Seamen's suits
  • Sec. 1917 - District courts; fee on filing notice of or petition for appeal
  • Sec. 1918 - District courts; fines, forfeitures and criminal proceedings
  • Sec. 1919 - Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
  • Sec. 1920 - Taxation of costs
  • Sec. 1921 - United States marshal's fees
  • Sec. 1922 - Witness fees before United States magistrate judges
  • Sec. 1923 - Docket fees and costs of briefs
  • Sec. 1924 - Verification of bill of costs
  • Sec. 1925 - Admiralty and maritime cases
  • Sec. 1926 - Court of Federal Claims
  • Sec. 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs
  • Sec. 1928 - Patent infringement action; disclaimer not filed
  • Sec. 1929 - Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized
  • Sec. 1930 - Bankruptcy fees
  • Sec. 1931 - Disposition of filing fees
  • Sec. 1932 - 1 Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
  • Sec. 1932_2 - 1932.1 Revocation of earned release credit
• Chapter 125 - Pending Actions and Judgments (Sections 1961 - 1964)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 1961 - Interest
  • Sec. 1962 - Lien
  • Sec. 1963 - Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts
  • Sec. 1963A - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-702, title X, §1002(b)(2), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4664
  • Sec. 1964 - Constructive notice of pending actions
• Chapter 127 - Executions and Judicial Sales (Sections 2001 - 2007)
  • Table of Contents
  • Sec. 2001 - Sale of realty generally
  • Sec. 2002 - Notice of sale of realty
  • Sec. 2003 - Marshal's incapacity after levy on or sale of realty
  • Sec. 2004 - Sale of personalty generally
  • Sec. 2005 - Appraisal of goods taken on execution
  • Sec. 2006 - Execution against revenue officer
  • Sec. 2007 - Imprisonment for debt
• Chapter 129 - Moneys Paid Into Court (Sections 2041 - 2045)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 2041 - Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases
  • Sec. 2042 - Withdrawal
  • Sec. 2043 - Deposit of other moneys
  • Sec. 2044 - Payment of fine with bond money
  • Sec. 2045 - Investment of court registry funds
• Chapter 131 - Rules of Courts (Sections 2071 - 2077)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 2071 - Rule-making power generally
  • Sec. 2072 - Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
  • Sec. 2073 - Rules of procedure and evidence; method of prescribing
  • Sec. 2074 - Rules of procedure and evidence; submission to Congress; effective date
  • Sec. 2075 - Bankruptcy rules
  • Sec. 2076 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-702, title IV, §401(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4650
  • Sec. 2077 - Publication of rules; advisory committees
• Chapter 133 - Review-Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 2101 - 2113)
  • Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Sec. 2101 - Supreme Court; time for appeal or certiorari; docketing; stay
  • Sec. 2102 - Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court
  • Sec. 2103 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-352, §5(c), June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 663
  • Sec. 2104 - Reviews of State court decisions
  • Sec. 2105 - Scope of review; abatement
  • Sec. 2106 - Determination
  • Sec. 2107 - Time for appeal to court of appeals
  • Sec. 2108 - Proof of amount in controversy
  • Sec. 2109 - Quorum of Supreme Court justices absent
  • Sec. 2110 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, §136, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41
  • Sec. 2111 - Harmless error
  • Sec. 2112 - Record on review and enforcement of agency orders
  • Sec. 2113 - Definition