{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-3308","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 3308","heading":"Supplementary provision","body":"Except as provided in this subchapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause shall apply to actions and proceedings under this subchapter.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 176—FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE"],"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":"cac584dbcf0e40791fb451b6f5684aea433b5c0bdd5fd19de8a9f2e15a981d7b","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-3307","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-3701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}