38 USC § 8505 - Sale or other disposition of property

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s8505"
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title: "38 USC § 8505 - Sale or other disposition of property"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8505"
section_name: "Sale or other disposition of property"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROPERTY LEFT ON DEPARTMENT FACILITY"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1258, § 5205; renumbered § 8505 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), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)"
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# § 8505. Sale or other disposition of property

section 8502 of this title

Any unclaimed personal property as described in  of veterans who have heretofore died or who may hereafter die while maintained as such in a Department facility, and also any unclaimed property heretofore or hereafter found or situated in such facility, may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this subchapter, and subject to regulations promulgated by the Secretary pursuant hereto; and the net proceeds of sale thereof shall be credited and be subject to disbursement as provided in this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1258, § 5205; renumbered § 8505 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), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “8502” for “5202”.

substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.