Title 28 of the U.S. Code § 1444 - Foreclosure action against United States
Full text of § 1444 from Title 28 of the United States Code.
§ 1444. Foreclosure action against United States
Any action brought under section 2410 of this title 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.
(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 (Mar. 4, 1931, ch. 515, §3, 46 Stat. 1529).
The procedural provisions of section 903 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as covered by section 1446 of this title.
Changes were made in phraseology.
1949 Act
This section corrects typographical errors in section 1444 of title 28, U.S.C.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1949—Act May 24, 1949, inserted "court" between "State" and "may", and substituted "division" for "divisions".
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