28 USC § 1358 - Eminent domain

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1358"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 1358 - Eminent domain"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1358"
section_name: "Eminent domain"
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. 935.)"
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# § 1358. Eminent domain

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all proceedings to condemn real estate for the use of the United States or its departments or agencies.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 935.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Public Buildings, Property, and Works (, ; , ).

The venue provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in .

Other provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., are retained in said title 40.

Changes were made in phraseology.