Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§3935 Duration and term of stays; codefendants not in service
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL RELIEF › § 3935
Summary
Court may pause a lawsuit, seizure, or enforcement while someone is on military duty and for 90 days after, setting reasonable payment terms. A plaintiff may keep suing other people in the case who are not in the military if the court allows it. This does not apply to sections 3932 and 4021.
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Title 50, §3935
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(a)A stay of an action, proceeding, attachment, or execution made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by a court may be ordered for the period of military service and 90 days thereafter, or for any part of that period. The court may set the terms and amounts for such installment payments as is considered reasonable by the court.
(b)If the servicemember is a codefendant with others who are not in military service and who are not entitled to the relief and protections provided under this chapter, the plaintiff may proceed against those other defendants with the approval of the court.
(c)This section does not apply to section 3932 and 4021 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 525 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 205 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. II, 54 Stat. 1181; Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, § 5, 56 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 102–12, § 9(6), Mar. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 39, related to statutes of limitations as affected by period of service, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189. See section 3936 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable to any case not final before Dec. 19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 3935
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73