§ 3612. — Concurrent State and Federal jurisdiction; venue; removal of cases.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC3612]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 62--CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSION PROTECTION AND ABUSE
RELIEF
Sec. 3612. Concurrent State and Federal jurisdiction; venue;
removal of cases
The district courts of the United States, the United States courts
of any territory, and the United States District Court for the District
of Columbia shall have jurisdiction under this chapter and, concurrent
with State courts, of actions at law or in equity brought under this
chapter without regard to the amount in controversy. Any such action may
be brought in the district wherein the defendant is found or is an
inhabitant or transacts business, or in the district where the sale took
place, and process in such cases may be served in other districts of
which the defendant is an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be
found. No case arising under this chapter and brought in any State court
of competent jurisdiction shall be removed to any court of the United
States, except where any officer or employee of the United States in his
official capacity is a party.
(Pub. L. 96-399, title VI, Sec. 613, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1679.)
