10 USC § 8619 - Leases of waterfront property from States or municipalities

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title: "10 USC § 8619 - Leases of waterfront property from States or municipalities"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8619"
section_name: "Leases of waterfront property from States or municipalities"
chapter_number: 861
chapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 446, § 7219; renumbered § 8619, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8619. Leases of waterfront property from States or municipalities

In leasing waterfront property from a State or municipality, the Secretary of the Navy may provide in the lease, where it is required by state law or municipal charter, that, as part or all of the consideration, any improvements placed upon the property by the United States become the property of the lessor when the lease, including any renewal, ends.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 446, § 7219; renumbered § 8619, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7219 | 34 U.S.C. 521. | July 1, 1918, ch. 114, 40 Stat. 705 (2d par.). |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .