Section 2410 of title 28 does not apply if the plaintiff seeks an injunction or a money judgment. Such relief must be sought, if at all, under other statutes which waive the government's sovereign immunity. If the relief sought is foreclosure, 28 U.S.C. § 2410 requires that the plaintiff ask for a judicial sale. Such a sale is not required in the other four types of action permitted by 28 U.S.C. § 2410. If the interest of the United States is not a lien but rather a fee title or a leasehold, 28 U.S.C. § 2410 does not apply, but the plaintiff may be able to invoke 28 U.S.C. §§ 2409 or 2409a.

[updated April 2018]