50 U.S.C. § 3952 — Protection under installment contracts for purchase or lease

(a) Protection upon breach of contract (1) Protection after entering military service^* After a servicemember^* enters military service, a contract by the servicemember for— (A) the purchase of real or personal property (including a motor vehicle^*); or (B) the lease or bailment of such property, may not be rescinded or terminated for a breach of terms of the contract occurring before or during that person’s military service, nor may the property be repossessed for such breach without a court^* order. (2) Applicability This section applies only to a contract for which a deposit or installment has been paid by the servicemember before the servicemember enters military service. (b) Misdemeanor A person who knowingly resumes possession of property in violation of subsection (a), or in violation of section 3918 of this title , or who knowingly attempts to do so, must be fined as provided in title 18, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (c) Authority of court In a hearing based on this section, the court— (1) may order repayment to the servicemember of all or part of the prior installments or deposits as a condition of terminating the contract and resuming possession of the property; (2) may, on its own motion, and must on application by a servicemember when the servicemember’s ability to comply with the contract is materially affected by military service, stay the proceedings for a period of time as, if the court decides, justice and equity require; or (3) may make other disposition as is equitable to preserve the interests of all parties.