34 USC § 50110 - Limitation on civil justice matters

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s50110"
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title: "34 USC § 50110 - Limitation on civil justice matters"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "50110"
section_name: "Limitation on civil justice matters"
chapter_number: 501
chapter_name: "EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609W, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)"
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# § 50110. Limitation on civil justice matters

Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter may not be used with respect to civil justice matters except 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. 98–473, title II, § 609W, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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