Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§5508 Periodic Onsite Reviews of Institutional Fiduciaries
Title 38 › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 55 — MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS › § 5508
Summary
The Secretary must conduct regular in-person reviews of any U.S. person or agency appointed to manage benefits for other people when they serve more than 20 beneficiaries and receive over $50,000 a year (as adjusted under section 5312).
Full Legal Text
Title 38, §5508
Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In addition to such other reviews of fiduciaries as the Secretary may otherwise conduct, the Secretary shall provide for the periodic onsite review of any person or agency located in the United States that receives the benefits payable under laws administered by the Secretary to another individual pursuant to the appointment of such person or agency as a fiduciary under section 5502(a)(1) of this title in any case in which the fiduciary is serving in that capacity with respect to more than 20 beneficiaries and the total annual amount of such benefits exceeds $50,000, as adjusted pursuant to section 5312 of this title.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the seventh month beginning after Dec. 10, 2004, see section 507(a) of Pub. L. 108–454, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2004 Amendment note under section 5312 of this title.
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Citation
38 U.S.C. § 5508
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102