50 USC § 3901 - Short title

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3901"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3901 - Short title"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3901"
section_name: "Short title"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, § 1(a), as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2835.)"
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# § 3901. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Servicemembers Civil Relief Act”.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, § 1(a), as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2835.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 501 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1 of , , provided that this Act could be cited as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Act of 1940, prior to the general amendment of this Act by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “The amendment made by section 1 [enacting this chapter] shall apply to any case that is not final before the date of the enactment of this Act [
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> ].”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 2021 Amendment

> “This Act [amending
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 2016 Amendment

> “This Act [amending
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> and provisions set out as notes under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 2014 Amendment

> “This Act [amending provisions set out as notes under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2014’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 2010 Amendment

> “This Act [amending provisions set out as a note under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 2009 Amendment

> “This Act [amending sections 3998, 4001, and 4025 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 3998, 4001, and 4025 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Military Spouses Residency Relief Act’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1991 Amendment

> “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1991’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1942 Amendment

> “That this Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1942’.”

, , provided: