38 U.S.C. § 8302 — Legal proceedings
submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-857 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 130 words · no verdicts yet
To obtain title to and possession of property that the Secretary may accept under this chapter, the Secretary may start or participate in appropriate legal proceedings and take suitable steps to secure the property. Funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise for the purposes of this chapter, including authorized sale proceeds, must be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States for the credit of the General Post Fund.
To obtain title to and possession of property that the Secretary* is authorized by this chapter to accept, the Secretary may start or participate in any appropriate legal proceedings. The Secretary may take any steps in those proceedings, or connected with them, that the Secretary considers desirable and appropriate to secure possession of the property. The Secretary may incur expenses related to those proceedings that the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate. Those expenses must be paid like other administrative expenses of the Department*. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise for the purposes contemplated in this chapter, including net proceeds from sales authorized by this chapter, must be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States and credited to the General Post Fund.
For the purpose of acquiring title to and possession of any property which the Secretary* is by this chapter authorized to accept, the Secretary may initiate and appear in any appropriate legal proceedings, and take such steps therein or in connection therewith as in the Secretary’s discretion may be desirable and appropriate to reduce said property to possession. The Secretary may incur such expenses incident to such proceedings as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate, which shall be paid as are other administrative expenses of the Department*. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, for the purposes contemplated in this chapter, including net proceeds of sales authorized by this chapter, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the General Post Fund.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1254, § 5102; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(90), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3299; renumbered § 8302, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)
- 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-857 · 72 Stat. 1254
- 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-576 · 100 Stat. 3299
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 238
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 404, 405
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