§ 1963. Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts

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. 1948

   Title 28, United States Code, section —

   Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 958

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 958

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–508 § 12 · 72 Stat. 339

   Struck · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

   Pub. L. 85–508 struck out provisions which extended provisions of section to District Court for Territory of Alaska. See section 81A of this title which establishes a United States District Court for the State of Alaska

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–508 struck out provisions which extended provisions of section to District Court for Territory of Alaska. See section 81A of this title which establishes a United States District Court for the State of Alaska.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 12. Effective upon the admission of Alaska into the Union— (a) The analysis of chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, immediately preceding section 81 of such title, is amended by inserting immediately after and underneath item 81 of such analysis, a new item to be designated as item 81A and to read as follows: “81A. Alaska”; (b) Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after section 81 thereof a new section, to be designated as section 81 A, and to read as follows: “§81A. Alaska “Alaska constitutes one judicial district. “Court shall be held at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Nome.”; (c) Section 133 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting in the table of districts and judges in such section immediately above the item: “Arizona * * * 2”, a new item as follows: “Alaska * * * 1”; (d) The first paragraph of section 373 of title 28, United States Code, as heretofore amended, is further amended by striking out the words: “the District Court for the Territory of Alaska,”: Provided, That the amendment made by this subsection shall not affect the rights of any judge who may have retired before it takes effect; (e) The words “the District Court for the Territory of Alaska,” are stricken out wherever they appear in sections 333, 460, 610, 753, 1252, 1291, 1292, and 1346 of title 28, United States Code; (f) The first paragraph of section 1252 of title 28, United States Code, is further amended by striking out the word “Alaska,” from the clause relating to courts of record; (g) Subsection (2) of section 1294 of title 28, United States Code, is repealed and the later subsections of such section are renumbered accordingly; (h) Subsection (a) of section 2410 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words: “including the District Court for the Territory of Alaska,”; (i) Section 3241 of title 18 United States Code, is amended by striking out the words: “District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the”; (j) Subsection (e) of section 3401 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words: “for Alaska or”; (k) Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, as heretofore amended, is further amended by striking out from the first paragraph of such section the words: “the Territory of Alaska,”; (l) Section 3772 of title 18, United States Code, as heretofore amended, is further amended by striking out from the first paragraph of such section the words: “the Territory of Alaska,”; (m) Section 2072 of title 28, United States Code, as heretofore amended, is further amended by striking out from the first paragraph of such section the words: “and of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska”; (n) Subsection (q) of section 376 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words: “the District Court for the Territory of Alaska,”: Provided, That the amendment made by this subsection shall not affect the rights under such section 376 of any present or former judge of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska or his survivors; (o) The last paragraph of section 1963 of title 28, United States Code, is repealed; (p) Section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words: “and the District Court for the Territory of Alaska”; and (q) Section 4 of the Act of July 28, 1950 (64 Stat. 380; 5 U. S. C., sec. 341b) is amended by striking out the word: “Alaska,”.

3. 1988

   Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act

   Pub. L. 100–702 title X § 1002(a) · 102 Stat. 4642

   1. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

      Pub. L. 100–702 substituted “Registration of judgments of the district courts and the Court of International Trade” for “Registration in other districts” in section catchline

   2. Amended · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

      Pub. L. 100–702 amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “A judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property now or hereafter entered in any district court which has become final by appeal or expiration of time for appeal may be registered in any other district by filing therein a certified copy of such judgment.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–702 substituted “Registration of judgments of the district courts and the Court of International Trade” for “Registration in other districts” in section catchline and amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “A judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property now or hereafter entered in any district court which has become final by appeal or expiration of time for appeal may be registered in any other district by filing therein a certified copy of such judgment.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Judgments of District Courts and Court of International Trade.— Section 1963 is amended by amending the first sentence to read as follows: “A judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property entered in any district court or in the Court of International Trade may be registered by filing a certified copy of such judgment in any other district or, with respect to the Court of International Trade, in any judicial district, when the judgment has become final by appeal or expiration of the time for appeal or when ordered by the court that entered the judgment for good cause shown.”.

4. 1990

   Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–647 title XXXVI § 3628 · 104 Stat. 4789

   Inserted · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

   Pub. L. 101–647 inserted after first sentence “Such a judgment entered in favor of the United States may be so registered any time after judgment is entered.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 101–647 inserted after first sentence “Such a judgment entered in favor of the United States may be so registered any time after judgment is entered.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3628. Section 1963 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: “Such a judgment entered in favor of the United States may be so registered any time after judgment is entered.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 101–647 effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3001 of this title.

5. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–317 title II § 203(a) · 110 Stat. 3847

   1. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

      Pub. L. 104–317 in section catchline substituted “for enforcement in other districts” for “of the district courts and the Court of International Trade”

   2. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

      Pub. L. 104–317 in section catchline substituted “court of appeals, district court, bankruptcy court,” for “district court”

   3. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

      Pub. L. 104–317 in section catchline substituted “copy of the judgment” for “copy of such judgment”

   4. Added · 28 U.S.C. § 1963

      Pub. L. 104–317 in section catchline added undesignated par. at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–317 in section catchline substituted “for enforcement in other districts” for “of the district courts and the Court of International Trade”, in first undesignated par. substituted “court of appeals, district court, bankruptcy court,” for “district court” and “copy of the judgment” for “copy of such judgment”, and added undesignated par. at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General. —Section 1963 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: “§ 1963. Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts”; (2) in the first sentence— (A) by striking out “district court” and inserting in lieu thereof “court of appeals, district court, bankruptcy court,”; and (B) by striking out “such judgment” and inserting in lieu thereof “the judgment”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new undesignated paragraph: “The procedure prescribed under this section is in addition to other procedures provided by law for the enforcement of judgments.”

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