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18 USC Sec. 1965 01/16/96
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 96 - RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
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Sec. 1965. Venue and process
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(a) Any civil action or proceeding under this chapter against any
person may be instituted in the district court of the United States
for any district in which such person resides, is found, has an
agent, or transacts his affairs.
(b) In any action under section 1964 of this chapter in any
district court of the United States in which it is shown that the
ends of justice require that other parties residing in any other
district be brought before the court, the court may cause such
parties to be summoned, and process for that purpose may be served
in any judicial district of the United States by the marshal
thereof.
(c) In any civil or criminal action or proceeding instituted by
the United States under this chapter in the district court of the
United States for any judicial district, subpenas issued by such
court to compel the attendance of witnesses may be served in any
other judicial district, except that in any civil action or
proceeding no such subpena shall be issued for service upon any
individual who resides in another district at a place more than one
hundred miles from the place at which such court is held without
approval given by a judge of such court upon a showing of good
cause.
(d) All other process in any action or proceeding under this
chapter may be served on any person in any judicial district in
which such person resides, is found, has an agent, or transacts his
affairs.
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(Added Pub. L. 91-452, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84
Stat. 944.)