Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73

§1965 Venue and process

Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 96— - RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS › § 1965

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

You can file a civil lawsuit under this part of the law in any federal district where the person sued lives, is found, has an agent, or does business. If the court decides it is needed for justice, it can order people who live in other districts to come before it, and the U.S. marshal can serve the papers in any district. When the United States starts a case under this part, subpoenas for witnesses can be served in other districts. But for civil subpoenas, a judge must allow serving a person who lives more than 100 miles away and only for good cause. All other legal papers may be served where the person lives, is found, has an agent, or does business.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §1965

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(a)Any civil action or proceeding under this chapter against any person may be instituted in the district court of the United States for any district in which such person resides, is found, has an agent, or transacts his affairs.

(b)In any action under section 1964 of this chapter in any district court of the United States in which it is shown that the ends of justice require that other parties residing in any other district be brought before the court, the court may cause such parties to be summoned, and process for that purpose may be served in any judicial district of the United States by the marshal thereof.

(c)In any civil or criminal action or proceeding instituted by the United States under this chapter in the district court of the United States for any judicial district, subpenas issued by such court to compel the attendance of witnesses may be served in any other judicial district, except that in any civil action or proceeding no such subpena shall be issued for service upon any individual who resides in another district at a place more than one hundred miles from the place at which such court is held without approval given by a judge of such court upon a showing of good cause.

(d)All other process in any action or proceeding under this chapter may be served on any person in any judicial district in which such person resides, is found, has an agent, or transacts his affairs.

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 1965

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73