28 USC § 1444 - Foreclosure action against United States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1444"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 1444 - Foreclosure action against United States"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1444"
section_name: "Foreclosure action against United States"
chapter_number: 89
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS; REMOVAL OF CASES FROM STATE COURTS"
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. 938; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 82, 63 Stat. 101.)"
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# § 1444. Foreclosure action against United States

section 2410 of this title

Any action brought under  against the United States in any State court may be removed by the United States to the district court of the United States for the district and division in which the action is pending.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 938; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 82, 63 Stat. 101.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### 1948 Act

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 903 (, ).

The procedural provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as covered by .

Changes were made in phraseology.

### 1949 Act

This section corrects typographical errors in , U.S.C.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1949—Act , inserted “court” between “State” and “may”, and substituted “division” for “divisions”.