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38 U.S.C. § 8521 — Presumption of contract for disposition of personalty

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-857 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 102 words · no verdicts yet

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Dying in VA care with no spouse, kin, or heirs creates a presumed contract. That contract disposes of the property under section 8520's rules.

When a veteran (admitted as such), or a dependent or survivor of a veteran getting care under the next-to-last sentence of section 1781(b), dies in a VA facility or hospital while receiving care or treatment there, and leaves no spouse, next of kin, or heirs, the law treats this as conclusive proof of a valid contract. That contract governs how all the property described in section 8520 — owned by the person at death and not covered by a will — is disposed of, following this subchapter's rules and conditions.

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The fact of death of a veteran (admitted as such), or a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the penultimate sentence of section 1781(b) of this title, in a facility or hospital, while being furnished care or treatment therein by the Department, leaving no spouse, next of kin, or heirs, shall give rise to a conclusive presumption of a valid contract for the disposition in accordance with this subchapter, but subject to its conditions, of all property described in section 8520 of this title owned by said decedent at death and as to which such person dies intestate.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1260, § 5221; Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 208(c), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2860; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(100), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3300; renumbered § 8521 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(3), (4), 5(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 406; Pub. L. 107–135, title II, § 208(e)(9), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2464.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-857 · 72 Stat. 1260
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-581 · 90 Stat. 2860
  • 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-576 · 100 Stat. 3300
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 238, 239
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 404, 406
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-135 · 115 Stat. 2464

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-857 on 1958-09-02.

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