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title: "52 U.S.C. § 20705"
description: "Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers"
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title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
chapter_number: "207"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS"
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citation: "52 U.S.C. § 20705"
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# 52 U.S.C. § 20705 - Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers

## Text

The United States district court for the district in which a demand is made pursuant to section 20703 of this title, or in which a record or paper so demanded is located, shall have jurisdiction by appropriate process to compel the production of such record or paper.

(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 305, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1974d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.