Title 52 of the U.S. Code § 20705 - Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers
Full text of § 20705 from Title 52 of the United States Code.
§ 20705. Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers
The United States district court for the district in which a demand is made pursuant to section 20703 of this title, or in which a record or paper so demanded is located, shall have jurisdiction by appropriate process to compel the production of such record or paper.
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, §305, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1974d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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