28 USC § 1697 - Service in multiparty, multiforum actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1697"
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title: "28 USC § 1697 - Service in multiparty, multiforum actions"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1697"
section_name: "Service in multiparty, multiforum actions"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "PROCESS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11020(b)(4)(A)(i), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1828.)"
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# § 1697. Service in multiparty, multiforum actions

section 1369 of this title

When the jurisdiction of the district court is based in whole or in part upon , process, other than subpoenas, may be served at any place within the United States, or anywhere outside the United States if otherwise permitted by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11020(b)(4)(A)(i), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1828.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to a civil action if the accident giving rise to the cause of action occurred on or after the 90th day after , see , set out as a note under .