40 USC § 1305 - Disposition of land acquired by devise

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title: "40 USC § 1305 - Disposition of land acquired by devise"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "1305"
section_name: "Disposition of land acquired by devise"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "PUBLIC PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(l)(12), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3852.)"
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# § 1305. Disposition of land acquired by devise

The General Services Administration may take custody, for disposal as excess property under this subtitle and division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, of land acquired by the Federal Government by devise.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(*l*)(12), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3852.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1305 | 40:304. | Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1007, [§] 1 (4th complete par. on p. 1112), 32 Stat. 1112; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 4(8), 65 Stat. 709. |

The words “and title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ( et seq.)” are added to provide an accurate literal translation of the word “this Act”, meaning the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. See the revision note under . The words “as have been or may hereafter be” are omitted as unnecessary.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011— substituted “division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” for “title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ( et seq.)”.