28 USC § 1399 - Partition action involving United States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1399"
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title: "28 USC § 1399 - Partition action involving United States"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1399"
section_name: "Partition action involving United States"
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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# § 1399. Partition action involving United States

Any civil action 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, may be brought only in the judicial district where such lands are located or, if located in different districts in the same State, in any of such districts.

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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(25) (, par. 25, ).

Provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to jurisdiction are the basis of .

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

Provision with respect to property in different districts was added to conform with .

Changes were made in phraseology.