28 USC § 1352 - Bonds executed under federal law

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1352"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 1352 - Bonds executed under federal law"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1352"
section_name: "Bonds executed under federal law"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 506, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743.)"
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# § 1352. Bonds executed under federal law

section 1582 of this title

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with State courts, of any action on a bond executed under any law of the United States, except matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under .

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 506, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

This section is necessary to permit actions in the district courts upon any bond authorized by a law of the United States. In the absence of this new provision, such actions could not be maintained except by the United States, where the amount and other jurisdictional requisites did not exist. The new section also makes clear that it does not affect the right to prosecute such actions in State courts.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— inserted exception for matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable with respect to civil actions commenced on or after the 90th day after , see , set out as a note under .