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28 USC Sec. 1604 01/02/01
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TITLE 28 – JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART IV – JURISDICTION AND VENUE
CHAPTER 97 – JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES
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Sec. 1604. Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction
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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.
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(Added Pub. L. 94-583, Sec. 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2892.)
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