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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part V · Chapter 127 — Executions and Judicial Sales

§ 2004. Sale of personalty generally

Statutory text

Any personalty sold under any order or decree of any court of the United States shall be sold in accordance with section 2001 of this title, unless the court orders otherwise.

This section shall not apply to sales and proceedings under Title 11 or by receivers or conservators of banks appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency.

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. Title 28, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

    Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2004

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 959.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 959.)

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 848 (Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 225, § 2, 27 Stat. 751; Apr. 24, 1935, ch. 77, § 2, 49 Stat. 160; June 19, 1935, ch. 276, 49 Stat. 390).

A provision making the section applicable to pending proceedings was deleted as obsolete.

Changes were made in phraseology.

Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 959.)

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