{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-2404","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 2404","heading":"Death of defendant in damage action","body":"A civil action for damages commenced by or on behalf of the United States or in which it is interested shall not abate on the death of a defendant but shall survive and be enforceable against his estate as well as against surviving defendants.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 161—UNITED STATES AS PARTY GENERALLY"],"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":"59460c54d0e7de5133fdd3e69de5ae4f8f0782de37efa7a5a5983fc1cced08ef","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-2403","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-2405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}