38 USC § 8525 - Court actions

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title: "38 USC § 8525 - Court actions"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "8525"
section_name: "Court actions"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DEATH WHILE PATIENT OF DEPARTMENT FACILITY"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1261, § 5225; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(104), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3301; renumbered § 8525, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)"
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# § 8525. Court actions

If necessary to obtain such assets the Secretary, through the Secretary’s authorized attorneys, may bring and prosecute appropriate actions at law or other legal proceedings, the costs and expenses thereof to be paid as are other administrative expenses of the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1261, § 5225; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(104), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3301; renumbered § 8525, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; 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.

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

1986— substituted “the Administrator’s” for “his”.