34 USC § 10237 - Limitation on civil justice matters

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10237"
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title: "34 USC § 10237 - Limitation on civil justice matters"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10237"
section_name: "Limitation on civil justice matters"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 818, formerly § 825, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1214; renumbered § 818, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609B(f), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2093.)"
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# § 10237. Limitation on civil justice matters

Authority of any entity established under this chapter shall extend to civil justice matters only to the extent that such civil justice matters bear directly and substantially upon criminal justice matters or are inextricably intertwined with criminal justice matters.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 818, formerly § 825, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1214; renumbered § 818, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609B(f), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2093.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 812 and is classified to .