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[CITE: 28USC3012]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
             CHAPTER 176--FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE
 
            SUBCHAPTER A--DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3012. Joinder of additional defendant

    The United States or the debtor may join as an additional defendant 
in an action or proceeding under this chapter any person reasonably 
believed to owe money (including money owed on account of a requirement 
to provide goods or services pursuant to a loan or loan guarantee 
extended under Federal law) to the debtor arising out of the transaction 
or occurrence giving rise to a debt.

(Added Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVI, Sec. 3611, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4938.)
