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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 43 — Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes

§ 4245. Counterclaims

Statutory text

Any counterclaim filed in any action brought on behalf of the United States by private counsel retained under section 4241 of this title may not be asserted unless the counterclaim has been served directly on the Attorney General and the United States Attorney for the judicial district in which, or embracing the place in which, the action is pending. Such service shall be made in accordance with the rules of procedure of the court in which the action on behalf of the United States is pending.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–647 title XXV § 2592 · 104 Stat. 4789

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 4245

    (Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2592, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4906.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2592, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4906.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2592. COUNTERCLAIMS. Any counterclaim filed in any action brought on behalf of the United States by private counsel retained under section 2588 may not be asserted unless the counterclaim has been served directly on the Attorney General and the United States Attorney for the judicial district in which, or embracing the place in which, the action is pending. Such service shall be made in accordance with the rules of procedure of the court in which the action on behalf of the United States is pending.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2592, , 104 Stat. 4906.)

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