12 U.S.C. § 42
Section 42 · Territorial application
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case District of Columbia National Bank v. District of Columbia (1965)
Most recently applied in JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Johnson (July 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The provisions of all Acts of Congress relating to national banks shall apply in the several States, the District of Columbia, the several Territories and possessions of the United States, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Codification
Section is also set out in D.C. Code, §47–2508.