50 USC § 4027 - Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4027"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 4027 - Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4027"
section_name: "Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "FURTHER 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, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1820; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1922.)"
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# § 4027. Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers

For the purposes of establishing the residency of a spouse of a servicemember for any purpose (including the registration of a business), the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1820; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1922.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— made technical amendment to directory language of .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of of 2021 Amendment

, , , provided that the amendment made by section 1081(c) is effective .