Process may be served in any judicial district of the United States
What the document says“For a civil action brought under subsection (a) in any State or Federal court, process may be served in the judicial district where the case is brought or any other judicial district of the United States where the defendant may be found, resides, has an agent, or transacts business.”
A new subsection (g) inserted into section 5 of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 1621 note). It covers civil actions brought under subsection (a) of that section, in a State court or a Federal one. Service may be made in the district where the case is brought, or in any other judicial district of the United States where the defendant may be found, resides, has an agent, or transacts business. This law does not state which actions subsection (a) covers.
What the document actually says“For a civil action brought under subsection (a) in any State or Federal court, process may be served in the judicial district where the case is brought or any other judicial district of the United States where the defendant may be found, resides, has an agent, or transacts business.”
Court papers can be handed to the other side in any part of the country.
A case starts by giving papers to the person you sue. Often that must happen near the court. Here it can happen in any US court district.
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