§ 2416. Time for commencing actions brought by the United States—Exclusions

Statutory text

For the purpose of computing the limitations periods established in section 2415, there shall be excluded all periods during which—

the defendant or the res is outside the United States, its territories and possessions, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or

the defendant is exempt from legal process because of infancy, mental incompetence, diplomatic immunity, or for any other reason; or

facts material to the right of action are not known and reasonably could not be known by an official of the United States charged with the responsibility to act in the circumstances; or

the United States is in a state of war declared pursuant to article I, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.

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.

1966
Pub. L. 89–505 § 1 · 80 Stat. 304
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2416
(Added Pub. L. 89–505, § 1, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 305.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 89–505, § 1, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 305.)

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Credits

(Added Pub. L. 89–505, § 1, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 305.)