50 USC § 4133 - Transfers and assignments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4133"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 4133 - Transfers and assignments"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4133"
section_name: "Transfers and assignments"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "WAR CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TITLE II OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1109.)"
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# § 4133. Transfers and assignments

section 4132 of this titlesection 4132 of this titleOctober 22, 1962

The transfer or assignment for value of any property forming the subject matter of a claim under subsection (a) or (b) of  subsequent to its damage, loss, or destruction shall not operate to extinguish any claim of the transferor otherwise compensable under either of such subsections. If a claim which could otherwise be allowed under subsection (a) or (b) of  has been assigned for value prior to , the assignee shall be the party entitled to claim thereunder.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1109.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 2017b of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.