28 USC § 374 - Residence of retired judges; official station

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title: "28 USC § 374 - Residence of retired judges; official station"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "374"
section_name: "Residence of retired judges; official station"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION OF COURTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 904; Pub. L. 86–312, § 1, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 99–651, title II, § 202(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3648; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)"
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# § 374. Residence of retired judges; official station

section 456 of this titlesection 604(a)(7) of this title

Retired judges of the United States are not subject to restrictions as to residence. The place where a retired judge maintains the actual abode in which he customarily lives shall be deemed to be his official station for the purposes of . The place where a judge or magistrate judge recalled under section 155, 375, 636, or 797 of this title maintains the actual abode in which the judge or magistrate judge customarily lives shall be deemed to be the official station of such judge or magistrate judge for purposes of .

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 904; Pub. L. 86–312, § 1, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 99–651, title II, § 202(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3648; 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., § 402 (, ).

Sections 44 and 133 of this title require that active circuit and district judges shall reside in the circuit or district to which appointed.

Changes were made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986— inserted last sentence.

1959— inserted sentence to provide that place where retired judge maintains actual abode shall be deemed to be his official station and inserted “; official station” in section catchline.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Words “magistrate judge” substituted for “magistrate” wherever appearing in text pursuant to , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .