{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-1351","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 1351","heading":"Consuls, vice consuls, and members of a diplomatic mission as defendant","body":"The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all civil actions and proceedings against—(1) consuls or vice consuls of foreign states; or (2) members of a mission or members of their families (as such terms are defined in section 2 of the Diplomatic Relations Act).","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 85—DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"49a0d1506f6703790e43b658da0b78e337095b815bd0089ce6d11019a08d7915","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-1350","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-1352"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}