22 USC § 254b - Privileges and immunities of mission of nonparty to Vienna Convention

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s254b"
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title: "22 USC § 254b - Privileges and immunities of mission of nonparty to Vienna Convention"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "254b"
section_name: "Privileges and immunities of mission of nonparty to Vienna Convention"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–393, § 3(b), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 203(b)(2), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291.)"
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# § 254b. Privileges and immunities of mission of nonparty to Vienna Convention

With respect to a nonparty to the Vienna Convention, the mission, the members of the mission, their families, and diplomatic couriers shall enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in the Vienna Convention.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–393, § 3(b), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 203(b)(2), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1982— substituted “With respect to a nonparty to the Vienna Convention, the mission, the members of the mission, their families, and diplomatic couriers” for “Members of the mission of a sending state which has not ratified the Vienna Convention, their families, and the diplomatic couriers of such state,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

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