50 USC § 3934 - Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments

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title: "50 USC § 3934 - Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3934"
section_name: "Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RELIEF"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2843.)"
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# § 3934. Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments

**(a)** **Court action upon material affect determination** If a servicemember, in the opinion of the court, is materially affected by reason of military service in complying with a court judgment or order, the court may on its own motion and shall on application by the servicemember—

**(1)** stay the execution of any judgment or order entered against the servicemember; and

**(2)** vacate or stay an attachment or garnishment of property, money, or debts in the possession of the servicemember or a third party, whether before or after judgment.

**(b)** **Applicability** This section applies to an action or proceeding commenced in a court against a servicemember before or during the period of the servicemember’s military service or within 90 days after such service terminates.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2843.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 524 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 204 of , art. II, , related to duration and term of stays and codefendants not in service, prior to the general amendment of this Act by . See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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