28 USC § 2007 - Imprisonment for debt

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s2007"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 2007 - Imprisonment for debt"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2007"
section_name: "Imprisonment for debt"
chapter_number: 127
chapter_name: "EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)"
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# § 2007. Imprisonment for debt

**(a)** A person shall not be imprisoned for debt on a writ of execution or other process issued from a court of the United States in any State wherein imprisonment for debt has been abolished. All modifications, conditions, and restrictions upon such imprisonment provided by State law shall apply to any writ of execution or process issued from a court of the United States in accordance with the procedure applicable in such State.

**(b)** Any person arrested or imprisoned in any State on a writ of execution or other process issued from any court of the United States in a civil action shall have the same jail privileges and be governed by the same regulations as persons confined in like cases on process issued from the courts of such State. The same requirements governing discharge as are applicable in such State shall apply. Any proceedings for discharge shall be conducted before a United States magistrate judge for the judicial district wherein the defendant is held.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 843, 844, and 845 (R.S. §§ 990, 991, 992; , ; , ; , ).

Changes were made in phraseology.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” in subsec. (b) pursuant to , set out as a note under . Previously, “United States magistrate” substituted for “United States commissioner” pursuant to . See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of this title.