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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§4330 Notice of Claim; Institution of Suits; Computation of Time

Title 50 › Chapter 53— TRADING WITH THE ENEMY › § 4330

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

You must file a notice of claim to get property returned. If the United States got the property before December 18, 1941, file by August 9, 1948. If it got the property on or after December 18, 1941, file no later than one year after February 9, 1954, or within two years after vesting, whichever is later. A lawsuit for return must start by April 30, 1949, or within two years after the property was seized or vested in the government, whichever is later. When counting that two-year period, do not count any time a prior return claim or suit was pending.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §4330

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No return may be made pursuant to section 4309 or 4329 of this title unless notice of claim has been filed: (a) in the case of any property or interest acquired by the United States prior to December 18, 1941, by August 9, 1948; or (b) in the case of any property or interest acquired by the United States on or after December 18, 1941, not later than one year from February 9, 1954, or two years from the vesting of the property or interest in respect of which the claim is made, whichever is later. No suit pursuant to section 4309 of this title may be instituted after April 30, 1949, or after the expiration of two years from the date of the seizure by or vesting in the Alien Property Custodian, as the case may be, of the property or interest in respect of which relief is sought, whichever is later, but in computing such two years there shall be excluded any period during which there was pending a suit or claim for return pursuant to section 4309 or 4329(a) of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 33 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Prior to classification as section 33, section was formerly classified to section 620 of the former Appendix to this title.

Amendments

1962—Pub. L. 87–846 struck out before period at end of first sentence “; except that return may be made to successor organizations designated pursuant to section 4329(h) of this title if notice of claim is filed before the expiration of one year from the

Effective Date

of this Act”. 1954—Act Aug. 23, 1954, inserted before period at end of first sentence “; except that return may be made to successor organizations designated pursuant to section 4329(h) of this title if notice of claim is filed before the expiration of one year from the

Effective Date

of this Act”. Act Feb. 9, 1954, substituted “not later than one year from
February 9, 1954” for “by
April 30, 1949” in first sentence. 1948—Act
July 1, 1948, amended section generally, extending time for filing claims under section 4309 or 4329 of this title. 1947—Act Aug. 5, 1947, provided that notice of certain claims could be filed by Aug. 8, 1948, or that Italian notice of claim could be filed by
July 31, 1949.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by law in Alien Property Custodian and Office of Alien Property Custodian transferred to Attorney General by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, § 101, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 4330

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60