Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§8302 Legal Proceedings
Title 38 › PART VI — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › CHAPTER 83 — ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS › § 8302
Summary
Secretary may begin legal actions to get ownership of property it may accept and may pay necessary costs as Department expenses. Gifts, bequests, and sale proceeds for purposes of this chapter must be deposited with the U.S. Treasurer for the General Post Fund.
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Title 38, §8302
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For the purpose of acquiring title to and possession of any property which the Secretary is by this chapter authorized to accept, the Secretary may initiate and appear in any appropriate legal proceedings, and take such steps therein or in connection therewith as in the Secretary’s discretion may be desirable and appropriate to reduce said property to possession. The Secretary may incur such expenses incident to such proceedings as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate, which shall be paid as are other administrative expenses of the Department. All funds received by devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, for the purposes contemplated in this chapter, including net proceeds of sales authorized by this chapter, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the General Post Fund.
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1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5102 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing, “Secretary’s” for “Administrator’s”, and “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”. 1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the Administrator” for “he” in two places, “the Administrator’s” for “his”, and “The Administrator” for “He”.
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38 U.S.C. § 8302
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102