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28 USC CHAPTER 99 - GENERAL PROVISIONS 01/06/03

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TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

PART IV - JURISDICTION AND VENUE

CHAPTER 99 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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CHAPTER 99 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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1631. Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction.

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28 USC Sec. 1631 01/06/03

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TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

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Sec. 1631. Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction

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Whenever a civil action is filed in a court as defined in section

610 of this title or an appeal, including a petition for review of

administrative action, is noticed for or filed with such a court

and that court finds that there is a want of jurisdiction, the

court shall, if it is in the interest of justice, transfer such

action or appeal to any other such court in which the action or

appeal could have been brought at the time it was filed or noticed,

and the action or appeal shall proceed as if it had been filed in

or noticed for the court to which it is transferred on the date

upon which it was actually filed in or noticed for the court from

which it is transferred.

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(Added Pub. L. 97-164, title III, Sec. 301(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96

Stat. 55.)

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EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L.

97-164, set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under

section 171 of this title.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1292 of this title.

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TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

PART V - PROCEDURE

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PART V - PROCEDURE

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Chap. Sec.

111. General Provisions 1651

113. Process 1691

115. Evidence; Documentary 1731

117. Evidence; Depositions 1781

119. Evidence; Witnesses 1821

121 Juries; Trial by Jury 1861

123. Fees and Costs 1911

125. Pending Actions and Judgments 1961

127. Executions and Judicial Sales 2001

129. Moneys Paid into Court 2041

131. Rules of Courts 2071

133. Review - Miscellaneous Provisions 2101

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