Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110
§3920 Legal Representatives
Title 50 › CHAPTER 50 — SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3920
Summary
Treat a servicemember's legal representative the same as the servicemember for everything in this chapter. A legal representative is either a lawyer working for the servicemember or a person who has the servicemember's power of attorney.
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Title 50, §3920
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(a)Representative
A legal representative of a servicemember for purposes of this chapter is either of the following:
(1)An attorney acting on the behalf of a servicemember.
(2)An individual possessing a power of attorney.
(b)Application
Whenever the term “servicemember” is used in this chapter, such term shall be treated as including a reference to a legal representative of the servicemember.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 519 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable to any case not final before Dec. 19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 3920
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110