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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§8304 Disposition of Property

Title 38 › PART VI — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › CHAPTER 83 — ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS › § 8304

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary gets property (not money) under this chapter, the Secretary can sell, assign, transfer, or give up any interest in it on whatever price and terms the Secretary thinks best. That can include agreeing to split land or settling fights over who owns it. A deed or other transfer signed by the Secretary in the name of the United States will properly give the buyer whatever ownership the United States had, including ownership as trustee of the General Post Fund, but only under the conditions and limits the Secretary puts in the transfer paperwork.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §8304

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If the Secretary receives any property other than moneys as contemplated by this chapter, the Secretary is authorized in the Secretary’s discretion to sell, assign, transfer, and convey the same, or any interest therein claimed by virtue of such devise, bequest, or gift, for such price and upon such terms as the Secretary deems advantageous (including consent to partition of realty and compromise of contested claim of title) and the Secretary’s assignment, deed, or other conveyance of any such property, executed in the name and on behalf of the United States, shall be valid to pass to the purchaser thereof such title to said property as the United States, beneficially or as trustee of the General Post Fund, may have by virtue of any such devise, bequest, or gift, and the proceedings incident thereto, subject to the conditions, limitations, and provisions of the instruments so executed by the Secretary.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5104 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Secretary’s” for “Administrator’s” wherever appearing. 1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the Administrator” for “he” in two places, and “the Administrator’s” for “his” in two places.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 8304

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102