§ 1448. — Process after removal.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1448]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
CHAPTER 89--DISTRICT COURTS; REMOVAL OF CASES FROM STATE COURTS
Sec. 1448. Process after removal
In all cases removed from any State court to any district court of
the United States in which any one or more of the defendants has not
been served with process or in which the service has not been perfected
prior to removal, or in which process served proves to be defective,
such process or service may be completed or new process issued in the
same manner as in cases originally filed in such district court.
This section shall not deprive any defendant upon whom process is
served after removal of his right to move to remand the case.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 940.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 83 (Apr. 16, 1920, ch.
146, 41 Stat. 554).
Words ``district court of the United States'' were substituted for
``United States Court,'' because only the district courts now possess
jurisdiction over removed civil and criminal cases.
Changes were made in phraseology.
