{"identifier":"/us/usc/t31/s9307","title":31,"num":"\u00a7\u202f9307.","heading":"Civil actions and judgments against surety corporations","text":"\u00a7\u202f9307.\nCivil actions and judgments against surety corporations\n(a)\n(1) A surety corporation providing a surety bond under\n(A) the judicial district in which the surety bond was provided; or\n(B) the district in which the principal office of the corporation is located.\n(2) Under sections 9304\u20139308 of this title, a surety bond is deemed to be provided in the district\u2014\n(A) in which the principal office of the surety corporation is located;\n(B) to which the surety bond is returnable;\n(C) in which the surety bond is filed; and\n(D) in which the person required to provide a surety bond resided when the bond was provided.\n(b) In a proceeding against a surety corporation providing a surety bond under\nsection 9304 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t31/s9307.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f9307."},{"t":"heading","text":"Civil actions and judgments against surety corporations"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A surety corporation providing a surety bond under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 9304 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t31/s9304","tail":" may be sued in a court of the United States having jurisdiction of civil actions on surety bonds in\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the judicial district in which the surety bond was provided; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the district in which the principal office of the corporation is located.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Under sections 9304\u20139308 of this title, a surety bond is deemed to be provided in the district\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" in which the principal office of the surety corporation is located;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" to which the surety bond is returnable;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" in which the surety bond is filed; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/a/2/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" in which the person required to provide a surety bond resided when the bond was provided.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s9307/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" In a proceeding against a surety corporation providing a surety bond under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 9304 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t31/s9304","tail":", the corporation may not deny its power to provide a surety bond or to assume liability."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}