---
kind: "unit"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
key: "ptVI/ch176/schA"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter A"
heading: "Definitions and General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/ptVI-ch176-schA"
sections_count: 15
---

# Subchapter A — Definitions and General Provisions

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure › Part VI — Particular Proceedings › Chapter 176 — Federal Debt Collection Procedure

## Sections

- [§3001. Applicability of chapter](/usc/28/3001.md)
- [§3002. Definitions](/usc/28/3002.md)
- [§3003. Rules of construction](/usc/28/3003.md)
- [§3004. Service of process; enforcement; notice](/usc/28/3004.md)
- [§3005. Application of chapter to judgments](/usc/28/3005.md)
- [§3006. Affidavit requirements](/usc/28/3006.md)
- [§3007. Perishable personal property](/usc/28/3007.md)
- [§3008. Proceedings before United States magistrate judges](/usc/28/3008.md)
- [§3009. United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper](/usc/28/3009.md)
- [§3010. Co-owned property](/usc/28/3010.md)
- [§3011. Assessment of surcharge on a debt](/usc/28/3011.md)
- [§3012. Joinder of additional defendant](/usc/28/3012.md)
- [§3013. Modification or protective order; supervision of enforcement](/usc/28/3013.md)
- [§3014. Exempt property](/usc/28/3014.md)
- [§3015. Discovery as to debtor’s financial condition](/usc/28/3015.md)