Title 28Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73

§3308 Supplementary provision

Title 28 › Part PART VI— - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS › Chapter CHAPTER 176— - FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER D— - FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS INVOLVING DEBTS › § 3308

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Normal legal and fairness rules apply unless this subchapter says otherwise, covering commercial law, agency, fraud, mistake, and insolvency.

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Title 28, §3308

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Except as provided in this subchapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause shall apply to actions and proceedings under this subchapter.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that

Effective Date

, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

28 U.S.C. § 3308

Title 28Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73