Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§8506 Notice of sale

Title 38 › Part PART VI— - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 85— - DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROPERTY LEFT ON DEPARTMENT FACILITY › § 8506

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Give a written notice at least ninety days before the sale. Mail a description of the property to the owner or, if the owner is dead, to the executor, administrator, or nearest relative listed in Department records. If no one is listed, post the notice where the death happened or the property was found, at the property's location, and on the county probate notice board. The person who posts it must sign a sworn statement saying when and where the notice was posted and attach a copy; that sworn statement is accepted as proof.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §8506

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At least ninety days before any sale pursuant to this subchapter, written or printed notice thereof describing the property to be sold shall be mailed to the owner of the property or, if deceased, to the owner’s executor or administrator, or to the nearest kin, if any such appear by the records of the Department. If none such appears from said records, similar notice shall be posted at the facility where the death occurred or property shall have been found (if in existence) and at the place where such property is situated at the time of such notice, and also at the place where probate notices are posted in the county wherein the sale is to be had. The person posting such notice shall make an affidavit setting forth the time and place of such posting and attaching thereto a copy of such notice, and such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of such posting and admissible in evidence as proof of the same.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5206 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”. 1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the owner’s” for “his” before “executor”.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 8506

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73