Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8737 Violations by Lessee
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 869 — NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES › § 8737
Summary
If a tenant violates the lease, chapter rules, or regulations in effect when signed, a U.S. district court where the property sits may cancel the lease. Leases may also set how disputes are settled and what remedies apply.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8737
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)If a lessee fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, of his lease, or of regulations issued under section 8736 of this title that are in force on the date of his lease, the lease may be forfeited and cancelled by an appropriate proceeding in the United States district court for the district in which any part of the property is located.
(b)The lease may provide appropriate methods for the settlement of disputes and remedies for breach of specified conditions.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 743734 U.S.C. 524 (11th par., less proviso).
June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (11th par., less proviso, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813;
June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1254;
June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 281. In subsection (a) the words “the district in which any part of the property is located” are substituted for the words “the district in which the property, or some part thereof, is located,” for brevity. In subsection (b) the words “for resort to” and “for” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(5), renumbered section 7437 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8736” for “section 7436”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8737
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102