28 U.S.C. § 1335 : US Code - Section 1335: Interpleader

Search 28 U.S.C. § 1335 : US Code - Section 1335: Interpleader

(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any
civil action of interpleader or in the nature of interpleader filed
by any person, firm, or corporation, association, or society having
in his or its custody or possession money or property of the value
of $500 or more, or having issued a note, bond, certificate, policy
of insurance, or other instrument of value or amount of $500 or
more, or providing for the delivery or payment or the loan of money
or property of such amount or value, or being under any obligation
written or unwritten to the amount of $500 or more, if
(1) Two or more adverse claimants, of diverse citizenship as
defined in subsection (a) or (d) of section 1332 of this title, are
claiming or may claim to be entitled to such money or property, or
to any one or more of the benefits arising by virtue of any note,
bond, certificate, policy or other instrument, or arising by virtue
of any such obligation; and if (2) the plaintiff has deposited such
money or property or has paid the amount of or the loan or other
value of such instrument or the amount due under such obligation
into the registry of the court, there to abide the judgment of the
court, or has given bond payable to the clerk of the court in such
amount and with such surety as the court or judge may deem proper,
conditioned upon the compliance by the plaintiff with the future
order or judgment of the court with respect to the subject matter
of the controversy.
(b) Such an action may be entertained although the titles or
claims of the conflicting claimants do not have a common origin, or
are not identical, but are adverse to and independent of one
another.