§ 1656. — Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1656]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V--PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 111--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1656. Creation of new district or division or transfer of
territory; lien enforcement
The creation of a new district or division or the transfer of any
territory to another district or division shall not affect or divest any
lien theretofore acquired in a district court upon property within such
district, division or territory.
To enforce such lien, the clerk of the court in which the same is
acquired, upon the request and at the cost of the party desiring the
same, shall make a certified copy of the record thereof, which, when
filed in the proper court of the district or division in which such
property is situated after such creation or transfer shall be evidence
in all courts and places equally with the original thereof; and,
thereafter like proceedings shall be had thereon, and with the same
effect, as though the case or proceeding had been originally instituted
in such court.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 944; Pub. L. 95-598, title II,
Sec. 242, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2671.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 122 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 60, 36 Stat. 1103).
A provision as to creation of a new district or division or transfer
of territory before March 3, 1911, was omitted as obsolete.
Words descriptive of the lien were omitted as unnecessary.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-598 directed the amendment of section by inserting
``or in a bankruptcy court'' after ``a district court'', which amendment
did not become effective pursuant to section 402(b) of Pub. L. 95-598,
as amended, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of
Title 11, Bankruptcy.
