28 USC § 1356 - Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1356"
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title: "28 USC § 1356 - Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1356"
section_name: "Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "JURISDICTION AND VENUE"
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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, § 508, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743.)"
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# § 1356. Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction

section 1582 of this title

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of any seizure under any law of the United States on land or upon waters not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, 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, § 508, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 41(3) and 371(4) (, §§ 24, par. 3, 256, par. 4, , 1160; , ; , ).

Section consolidates certain provisions of sections 41(3) and 371(4) of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Other provisions of such sections are incorporated in .

Changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.

## 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 .