Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-102
§1305 Disposition of Land Acquired by Devise
Title 40 › SUBTITLE I — FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 — PUBLIC PROPERTY › § 1305
Summary
The General Services Administration can take control of land the federal government receives through someone's will. The agency can treat and dispose of that land as excess property under the rules in subtitle I, division C of title 41, except for sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711.
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Title 40, §1305
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The General Services Administration may take custody, for disposal as excess property under this subtitle and division C (except section 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, of land acquired by the Federal Government by devise.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 130540:304.Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1007, [§] 1 (4th complete par. on p. 1112), 32 Stat. 1112; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 4(8), 65 Stat. 709. The words “and title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.)” are added to provide an accurate literal translation of the word “this Act”, meaning the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. See the revision note under section 111 of this title. The words “as have been or may hereafter be” are omitted as unnecessary.
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Amendments
2011—Pub. L. 111–350 substituted “division C (except section 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” for “title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.)”.
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Citation
40 U.S.C. § 1305
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102