Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§8525 Court Actions
Title 38 › PART VI — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › CHAPTER 85 — DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY › SUBCHAPTER II — DEATH WHILE PATIENT OF DEPARTMENT FACILITY › § 8525
Summary
The Secretary can have authorized government lawyers file and pursue court cases or other legal actions to recover needed assets. The Department will pay the legal costs the same way it pays other administrative expenses.
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Title 38, §8525
Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
If necessary to obtain such assets the Secretary, through the Secretary’s authorized attorneys, may bring and prosecute appropriate actions at law or other legal proceedings, the costs and expenses thereof to be paid as are other administrative expenses of the Department.
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1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5225 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, “Secretary’s” for “Administrator’s”, and “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”. 1986—Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the Administrator’s” for “his”.
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38 U.S.C. § 8525
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102