§ 2416. — Time for commencing actions brought by the United StatesExclusions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC2416]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 161--UNITED STATES AS PARTY GENERALLY
Sec. 2416. Time for commencing actions brought by the United
States--Exclusions
For the purpose of computing the limitations periods established in
section 2415, there shall be excluded all periods during which--
(a) the defendant or the res is outside the United States, its
territories and possessions, the District of Columbia, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or
(b) the defendant is exempt from legal process because of
infancy, mental incompetence, diplomatic immunity, or for any other
reason; or
(c) facts material to the right of action are not known and
reasonably could not be known by an official of the United States
charged with the responsibility to act in the circumstances; or
(d) the United States is in a state of war declared pursuant to
article I, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 89-505, Sec. 1, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 305.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2415 of this title; title 30
section 1724.
