---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 1412"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "1412"
heading: "Change of venue"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/1412"
units:
  - "Part IV — Jurisdiction and Venue"
  - "Chapter 87 — District Courts; Venue"
---

# §1412. Change of venue


A district court may transfer a case or proceeding under [title 11](/usc/11.md) to a district court for another district, in the interest of justice or for the convenience of the parties.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 98–353, title I, § 102(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 335.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective July 10, 1984, see section 122(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.