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28 U.S.C. § 1405 — Creation or alteration of district or division
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Actions or proceedings pending at the time of the creation of a new district or division or transfer of a county or territory from one division or district to another may be tried in the district or division as it existed at the institution of the action or proceeding, or in the district or division so created or to which the county or territory is so transferred as the parties shall agree or the court direct.
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Actions or proceedings pending at the time of the creation of a new district or division or transfer of a county or territory from one division or district to another may be tried in the district or division as it existed at the institution of the action or proceeding, or in the district or division so created or to which the county or territory is so transferred as the parties shall agree or the court direct.
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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.
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South Carolina constitutes one judicial district comprising eleven divisions.
(1) The Charleston Division comprises the counties of Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, and Georgetown.Court for the Charleston Division shall be held at Charleston.
(2) The Columbia Division comprises the counties of Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland, and Sumter.Court for the Columbia Division shall be held at Columbia.
(3) The Florence Division comprises the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg.Court for the Florence Division shall be held at Florence.
(4) The Aiken Division comprises the counties of Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell.Court for the Aiken Division shall be held at Aiken.
(5) The Orangeburg Division comprises the counties of Bamberg, Calhoun, and Orangeburg.Court for the Orangeburg Division shall be held at Orangeburg.
(6) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Greenville and Laurens.Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Greenville.
(7) The Rock Hill Division comprises the counties of Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, and York.Court for the Rock Hill Division shall be held at Rock Hill.
(8) The Greenwood Division comprises the counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry, and Saluda.Court for the Greenwood Division shall be held at Greenwood.
(9) The Anderson Division comprises the counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens.Court for the Anderson Division shall be held at Anderson.
(10) The Spartanburg Division comprises the counties of Cherokee, Spartanburg, and Union.Court for the Spartanburg Division shall be held at Spartanburg.
(11) The Beaufort Division comprises the counties of Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper.Court for the Beaufort Division shal
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 1406
See, also, section 1392 of this title which fixes venue
of an action involving property in different districts in
the same State.
§ 1404. Change of venue
(a) For the convenience of parties and wit-
nesses, in the interest of justice, a district court
may transfer any civil action to any other dis-
trict or division where it might have been
brought or to any district or division to which
all parties have consented.
(b) Upon motion, consent or stipulation of all
parties, any action, suit or proceeding of a civil
nature or any motion or hearing thereof, may be
transferred, in the discretion of the court, from
the division in which pending to any other divi-
sion in the same district. Transfer of pro-
ceedings in rem brought by or on behalf of the
United States may be transferred under this sec-
tion without the consent of the United States
where all other parties request transfer.
(c) A district court may order any civil action
to be tried at any place within the division in
which it is pending.
(d) Transfers from a district court of the
United States to the District Court of Guam, the
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands,
or the District Court of the Virgin Islands shall
not be permitted under this section. As other-
wise used in this section, the term ‘‘district
court’’ includes the District Court of Guam, the
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands,
and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and
the term ‘‘district’’ includes the territorial ju-
risdiction of each such court.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 87–845,
§ 9, Oct. 18, 1962, 76A Stat. 699; Pub. L. 104–317,
title VI, § 610(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3860; Pub.
L. 112–63, title II, § 204
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