38 USC § 1979 - Incontestability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1979"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1979 - Incontestability"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1979"
section_name: "Incontestability"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 93–289, § 9(a), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 172, § 779; renumbered § 1979 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1979. Incontestability

section 1973 of this title

Subject to the provision of , insurance coverage granted under this subchapter shall be incontestable from the date of issue, reinstatement, or conversion except for fraud or nonpayment of premium.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 93–289, § 9(a), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 172, § 779; renumbered § 1979 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “1973” for “773”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective first day of third calendar month following May 1974, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under .