2016 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part IV - Jurisdiction and Venue
Chapter 87 - District Courts; Venue
Sec. 1408 - Venue of cases under title 11
| 28 U.S.C. § 1408 (2016) |
| §1408. Venue of cases under title 11 |
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Except as provided in section 1410 of this title, a case under title 11 may be commenced in the district court for the district— (1) in which the domicile, residence, principal place of business in the United States, or principal assets in the United States, of the person or entity that is the subject of such case have been located for the one hundred and eighty days immediately preceding such commencement, or for a longer portion of such one-hundred-and-eighty-day period than the domicile, residence, or principal place of business, in the United States, or principal assets in the United States, of such person were located in any other district; or (2) in which there is pending a case under title 11 concerning such person's affiliate, general partner, or partnership. |
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(Added Pub. L. 98–353, title I, §102(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 334.) |
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1408, added by Pub. L. 95–598, title II, §240(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2668, which related to bankruptcy appeals, 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. EFFECTIVE DATESection effective July 10, 1984, see section 122(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 151 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART IV - JURISDICTION AND VENUE CHAPTER 87 - DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE Sec. 1408 - Venue of cases under title 11 |
| section 1408 |
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| January 6, 2017 |
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| 92 Stat. 2668 98 Stat. 334 |
| Public Law 95-598, Public Law 98-353 |
