Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction

  1. Law
  2. USC 28
  3. Judiciary And Judicial Procedure
  4. JURISDICTION AND VENUE
  5. JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES
  6. Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction

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§1604. Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction

Subject to existing international agreements to which the United States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States except as provided in sections 1605 to 1607 of this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 94–583, §4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2892 .)

References in Text

The time of enactment of this Act, referred to in text, probably means the time of enactment of Pub. L. 94–583, which was approved Oct. 21, 1976.

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 8 of Pub. L. 94–583, set out as a note under section 1602 of this title.


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