Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§282f Jurisdiction and Venue of Actions

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XI— INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION › § 282f

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

For any lawsuit in the United States or its territories brought by or against the Corporation under its Articles of Agreement, the Corporation is treated as living in the federal judicial district where its main U.S. office is located. Those lawsuits are treated as matters of U.S. law, so U.S. district courts are the right courts to hear them first. If the Corporation is sued in state court, it may move the case to the proper U.S. district court before trial by using the usual removal process.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §282f

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For the purpose of any action which may be brought within the United States or its Territories or possessions by or against the Corporation in accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the Corporation, the Corporation shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office in the United States is located, and any such action at law or in equity to which the Corporation shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Corporation is a defendant in any such action, it may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such action from a State court into the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Court Rules Federal Rules of Civil Procedure One form of action, see rule 2, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

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22 U.S.C. § 282f

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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