Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102
§2413 Executions in Favor of United States
Title 28 › PART VI — PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS › CHAPTER 161 — UNITED STATES AS PARTY GENERALLY › § 2413
Summary
When a court awards money for the United States, that same court must issue the order to collect it and must get the paperwork back. The order can be enforced in any other state, in any U.S. territory, or in Washington, D.C.
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Title 28, §2413
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A writ of execution on a judgment obtained for the use of the United States in any court thereof shall be issued from and made returnable to the court which rendered the judgment, but may be executed in any other State, in any Territory, or in the District of Columbia.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 839 (R.S. § 986). Words “or in the District of Columbia” were added on the authority of 14 Op. Atty. Gen. 384, declaring that, under this section, a writ of execution in favor of the United States, obtained from a Federal court in any State, could be executed in the District of Columbia. (See, also, section 1963 of this title.) Changes in phraseology were made.
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28 U.S.C. § 2413
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102