Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§286g Jurisdiction and Venue of Actions
Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XV— INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286g
Summary
Treat the Fund or the Bank as a resident of the federal judicial district where its main U.S. office is located. Any lawsuit for or against them in the United States or its territories is treated as a federal case, so a U.S. district court can hear it first. If either is sued in state court, it can move the case into federal court before trial by following the normal rules for removal.
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Title 22, §286g
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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 Fund or the Bank in accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the Fund or the Articles of Agreement of the Bank, the Fund or the Bank, as the case may be, 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 either the Fund or 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 shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When either the Fund or the Bank 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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22 U.S.C. § 286g
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60