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Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part VI - Particular Proceedings
Chapter 176 - Federal Debt Collection Procedure
Subchapter C - Postjudgment Remedies
Sec. 3206 - Discharge
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28 U.S.C. § 3206 (2022) |
§3206. Discharge |
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. |
(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, §3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4959.) |
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. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART VI - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 176 - FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE SUBCHAPTER C - POSTJUDGMENT REMEDIES Sec. 3206 - Discharge |
section 3206 |
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January 5, 2023 |
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104 Stat. 4959 |
Public Law 101-647 |
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