28 USC § 1609 - Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state

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title: "28 USC § 1609 - Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1609"
section_name: "Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state"
chapter_number: 97
chapter_name: "JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "JURISDICTION AND VENUE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 94–583, § 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2895.)"
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# 1 Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state

So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

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Subject to existing international agreements to which the United States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act the property in the United States of a foreign state shall be immune from attachment  arrest  and execution except as provided in sections 1610 and 1611 of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 94–583, § 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2895.)

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