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1 U.S.C. 2: “County” as including “parish”, and so forthText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
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§2. “County” as including “parish”, and so forth

The word “county” includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States.

( July 30, 1947, ch. 388 , 61 Stat. 633 .)