52 U.S.C. § 21141

Section 21141 · “State” defined

Amended 1 time on record

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Mapp v. Fawkes (2014)

Most recently applied in Colon-Marrero v. Garcia-Velez (February 2016)

In this chapter, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 107–252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1666, known as the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 15541 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.