§ 1696. Service in foreign and international litigation

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. 1964

   Pub. L. 88–619 § 4(a) · 78 Stat. 995

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1696

   (Added Pub. L. 88–619, § 4(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 995.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 88–619, § 4(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 995.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Chapter 113 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 28 USC 1691–1695. by inserting therein, after section 1695: “§ 1696. Service in foreign and international litigation “(a) The district court of the district in which a person resides or is found may order service upon him of any document issued in connection with a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal. The order may be made pursuant to a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal or upon application of any interested person and shall direct the manner of service. Service pursuant to this subsection does not, of itself, require the recognition or enforcement in the United States of a judgment, decree, or order rendered by a foreign or international tribunal. “(b) This section does not preclude service of such a document without an order of court,”

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