Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§290i–7 Jurisdiction of United States courts
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXIV— - AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 290i–7
Summary
Civil lawsuits in the U.S., its territories, or Puerto Rico against or by the Bank under the agreement are treated as if the Bank is in the federal district where its main U.S. office or its service agent is located. Those suits are federal, and U.S. district courts can hear them. If sued in state court, the Bank may move the case to federal court before trial using the federal removal process.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §290i–7
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For the purposes of any civil action which may be brought within the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or against the Bank in accordance with the agreement, the Bank shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office within the United States or its agent appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice of service is located, and any such action to which the Bank shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States, including the courts enumerated in section 460 of title 28, shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Bank is defendant in any action in a State court, it may at any time before the trial thereof remove the action into the appropriate district court of the United States by following the procedure for removal provided in section 1446 of title 28.
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22 U.S.C. § 290i–7
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73