28 USC § 2413 - Executions in favor of United States

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title: "28 USC § 2413 - Executions in favor of United States"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2413"
section_name: "Executions in favor of United States"
chapter_number: 161
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES AS PARTY GENERALLY"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 974.)"
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# § 2413. Executions in favor of United States

A writ of execution on a judgment obtained for the use of the United States in any court thereof shall be issued from and made returnable to the court which rendered the judgment, but may be executed in any other State, in any Territory, or in the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 974.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 839 (R.S. § 986).

Words “or in the District of Columbia” were added on the authority of 14 Op. Atty. Gen. 384, declaring that, under this section, a writ of execution in favor of the United States, obtained from a Federal court in any State, could be executed in the District of Columbia. (See, also, .)

Changes in phraseology were made.