28 USC § 1397 - Interpleader

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1397"
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title: "28 USC § 1397 - Interpleader"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1397"
section_name: "Interpleader"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE"
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. 936.)"
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# § 1397. Interpleader

section 1335 of this title

Any civil action of interpleader or in the nature of interpleader under  may be brought in the judicial district in which one or more of the claimants reside.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 936.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 41(26) (, par. 26, as added , ).

Provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to jurisdiction are the basis of  and other provisions thereof are incorporated in .

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

Changes were made in phraseology.