28 USC § 1347 - Partition action where United States is joint tenant

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title: "28 USC § 1347 - Partition action where United States is joint tenant"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1347"
section_name: "Partition action where United States is joint tenant"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "JURISDICTION AND VENUE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 933.)"
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# § 1347. Partition action where United States is joint tenant

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by any tenant in common or joint tenant for the partition of lands where the United States is one of the tenants in common or joint tenants.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 933.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 41(25) (, par. 25, ).

The venue provision in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in .

Words “civil action” were substituted for “suits in equity,” in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

A change was made in phraseology.