50 USC § 3920 - Legal representatives

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3920"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3920 - Legal representatives"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3920"
section_name: "Legal representatives"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2840.)"
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# § 3920. Legal representatives

**(a)** **Representative** A legal representative of a servicemember for purposes of this chapter is either of the following:

**(1)** An attorney acting on the behalf of a servicemember.

**(2)** An individual possessing a power of attorney.

**(b)** **Application** Whenever the term “servicemember” is used in this chapter, such term shall be treated as including a reference to a legal representative of the servicemember.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 519 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any case not final before , see , set out as a note under .