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Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025Section 2 › Proposal

Process may be served in any judicial district of the United States

To clarify the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

Process may be served in any judicial district of the United States

The document says “canWho acts: a party bringing a civil actionHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
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.”

To clarify the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act, Sec. 2

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.”

To clarify the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act, Sec. 2
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Court papers can be handed to the other side in any part of the country.

What this is about

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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