Part V: PROCEDURE
Chapter 111: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 1651: Writs
- Section 1652: State laws as rules of decision
- Section 1653: Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction
- Section 1654: Appearance personally or by counsel
- Section 1655: Lien enforcement; absent defendants
- Section 1656: Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement
- Section 1657: Priority of civil actions
- Section 1658: Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions arising under Acts of Congress
- Section 1659: Stay of certain actions pending disposition of related proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission
Chapter 113: PROCESS
- Section 1691: Seal and teste of process
- Section 1692: Process and orders affecting property in different districts
- Section 1693: Place of arrest in civil action
- Section 1694: Patent infringement action
- Section 1695: Stockholder’s derivative action
- Section 1696: Service in foreign and international litigation
- Section 1697: Service in multiparty, multiforum actions
Chapter 115: EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY
- Section 1731: Handwriting
- Section 1732: Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies
- Section 1733: Government records and papers; copies
- Section 1734: Court record lost or destroyed, generally
- Section 1735: Court record lost or destroyed where United States interested
- Section 1736: Congressional Journals
- Section 1737: Copy of officer’s bond
- Section 1738: State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
- Section 1738A: Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations
- Section 1738B: Full faith and credit for child support orders
- Section 1738C: Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect thereof
- Section 1739: State and Territorial nonjudicial records; full faith and credit
- Section 1740: Copies of consular papers
- Section 1741: Foreign official documents
- [Section 1742: Repealed. Pub. L. 88–619, § 6(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 996]
- Section 1743: Demand on postmaster
- Section 1744: Copies of United States Patent and Trademark Office documents, generally
- Section 1745: Copies of foreign patent documents
- Section 1746: Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury
Chapter 119: EVIDENCE; WITNESSES
- Section 1821: Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence
- Section 1822: Competency of interested persons; share of penalties payable
- [Section 1823: Repealed. Pub. L. 91–563, § 5(a), Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1478]
- Section 1824: Mileage fees under summons as both witness and juror
- Section 1825: Payment of fees
- Section 1826: Recalcitrant witnesses
- Section 1827: Interpreters in courts of the United States
- Section 1828: Special interpretation services
Chapter 121: JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY
- Section 1861: Declaration of policy
- Section 1862: Discrimination prohibited
- Section 1863: Plan for random jury selection
- Section 1864: Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; completion of juror qualification form
- Section 1865: Qualifications for jury service
- Section 1866: Selection and summoning of jury panels
- Section 1867: Challenging compliance with selection procedures
- Section 1868: Maintenance and inspection of records
- Section 1869: Definitions
- Section 1870: Challenges
- Section 1871: Fees
- Section 1872: Issues of fact in Supreme Court
- Section 1873: Admiralty and maritime cases
- Section 1874: Actions on bonds and specialties
- Section 1875: Protection of jurors’ employment
- Section 1876: Trial by jury in the Court of International Trade
- Section 1877: Protection of jurors
- Section 1878: Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure
Chapter 123: FEES AND COSTS
- Section 1911: Supreme Court
- Section 1912: Damages and costs on affirmance
- Section 1913: Courts of appeals
- Section 1914: District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of court
- Section 1915: Proceedings in forma pauperis
- Section 1915A: Screening
- Section 1916: Seamen’s suits
- Section 1917: District courts; fee on filing notice of or petition for appeal
- Section 1918: District courts; fines, forfeitures and criminal proceedings
- Section 1919: Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
- Section 1920: Taxation of costs
- Section 1921: United States marshal’s fees
- Section 1922: Witness fees before United States magistrate judges
- Section 1923: Docket fees and costs of briefs
- Section 1924: Verification of bill of costs
- Section 1925: Admiralty and maritime cases
- Section 1926: Court of Federal Claims
- Section 1927: Counsel’s liability for excessive costs
- Section 1928: Patent infringement action; disclaimer not filed
- Section 1929: Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized
- Section 1930: Bankruptcy fees
- Section 1931: Disposition of filing fees
- Section 1932: Revocation of earned release credit
Chapter 125: PENDING ACTIONS AND JUDGMENTS
- Section 1961: Interest
- Section 1962: Lien
- Section 1963: Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts
- [Section 1963A: Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1002(b)(2), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4664]
- Section 1964: Constructive notice of pending actions
Chapter 127: EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES
- Section 2001: Sale of realty generally
- Section 2002: Notice of sale of realty
- Section 2003: Marshal’s incapacity after levy on or sale of realty
- Section 2004: Sale of personalty generally
- Section 2005: Appraisal of goods taken on execution
- Section 2006: Execution against revenue officer
- Section 2007: Imprisonment for debt
Chapter 131: RULES OF COURTS
- Section 2071: Rule-making power generally
- Section 2072: Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
- Section 2073: Rules of procedure and evidence; method of prescribing
- Section 2074: Rules of procedure and evidence; submission to Congress; effective date
- Section 2075: Bankruptcy rules
- [Section 2076: Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title IV, § 401(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4650]
- Section 2077: Publication of rules; advisory committees
Chapter 133: REVIEW—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Section 2101: Supreme Court; time for appeal or certiorari; docketing; stay
- Section 2102: Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court
- [Section 2103: Repealed. Pub. L. 100–352, § 5(c), June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 663]
- Section 2104: Reviews of State court decisions
- Section 2105: Scope of review; abatement
- Section 2106: Determination
- Section 2107: Time for appeal to court of appeals
- Section 2108: Proof of amount in controversy
- Section 2109: Quorum of Supreme Court justices absent
- [Section 2110: Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 136, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
- Section 2111: Harmless error
- Section 2112: Record on review and enforcement of agency orders
- Section 2113: Definition