Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§254b Privileges and Immunities of Mission of Nonparty to Vienna Convention
Title 22 › CHAPTER 6 — FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS › § 254b
Summary
If a country isn't part of the Vienna Convention but has a diplomatic mission here, the mission, its staff, their families, and its diplomatic couriers must get the same privileges and legal protections the Vienna Convention gives.
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Title 22, §254b
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With respect to a nonparty to the Vienna Convention, the mission, the members of the mission, their families, and diplomatic couriers shall enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in the Vienna Convention.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1982—Pub. L. 97–241 substituted “With respect to a nonparty to the Vienna Convention, the mission, the members of the mission, their families, and diplomatic couriers” for “Members of the mission of a sending state which has not ratified the Vienna Convention, their families, and the diplomatic couriers of such state,”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1982 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–241 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 204 of Pub. L. 97–241, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 4301 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept. 30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95–393, set out as a note under section 254a of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 254b
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102