Title 50War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§4027 Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - FURTHER RELIEF › § 4027

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A military spouse can use the service member’s home as their official address for any purpose, like registering a business, no matter when they married.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §4027

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of of 2021 Amendment Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1922, provided that the amendment made by section 1081(c) is effective Dec. 20, 2019.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 4027

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73