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28 USC Sec. 1656 01/02/01
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TITLE 28 – JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V – PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 111 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Sec. 1656. Creation of new district or division or transfer of
territory; lien enforcement
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The creation of a new district or division or the transfer of any
territory to another district or division shall not affect or
divest any lien theretofore acquired in a district court upon
property within such district, division or territory.
To enforce such lien, the clerk of the court in which the same is
acquired, upon the request and at the cost of the party desiring
the same, shall make a certified copy of the record thereof, which,
when filed in the proper court of the district or division in which
such property is situated after such creation or transfer shall be
evidence in all courts and places equally with the original
thereof; and, thereafter like proceedings shall be had thereon, and
with the same effect, as though the case or proceeding had been
originally instituted in such court.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 944; Pub. L. 95-598, title II,
Sec. 242, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2671.)