50 USC App, SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940: Front Matter
From Title 50-AppendixSOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940ACT OCT. 17, 1940, CH. 888, 54 STAT. 1178
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ACT OCT. 17, 1940, CH. 888, 54 STAT. 1178
Sec.
501.
Short title.
ARTICLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
510.
Purpose; suspension of enforcement of civil liabilities.
511.
Definitions.
512.
Territorial application; jurisdiction of courts; form of procedure.
513.
Protection of persons secondarily liable.
514.
Extension of benefits to citizens serving with forces of war allies.
515.
Notice of benefits to persons in and persons entering military service.
516.
Extension of benefits to persons ordered to report for induction or military service.
517.
Effect on rights, remedies, etc., pursuant to written agreements entered after commencement of military service.
518.
Exercise of rights under Act not to affect certain future financial transactions.
ARTICLE II-GENERAL RELIEF
520.
Default judgments; affidavits; bonds; attorneys for persons in service.
521.
Stay of proceedings where military service affects conduct thereof.
522.
Fines and penalties on contracts, etc.
523.
Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, etc.
524.
Duration and term of stays; codefendants not in service.
525.
Statutes of limitations as affected by period of service.
526.
Maximum rate of interest.
527.
Limitations prescribed by internal revenue laws as affected by period of service.
ARTICLE III-RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENTS, LEASES
530.
Eviction or distress during military service; stay; penalty for noncompliance; allotment of pay for payment.
531.
Installment contracts for purchase of property.
532.
Mortgages, trust deeds, etc.
533.
Settlement of cases involving stayed proceedings to foreclose mortgage on, resume possession of, or terminate contract for purchase of, personal property.
534.
Termination of leases by lessees.
535.
Protection of assignor of life insurance policy; enforcement of storage liens; penalties.
536.
Extension of benefits to dependents.
ARTICLE IV-INSURANCE
540.
Definitions.
541.
Persons entitled to benefits of article; applications; amount of insurance protected.
542.
Form of application; reports to Secretary of Veterans Affairs by insurer; policy deemed modified upon application for protection.
543.
Determination of policies entitled to protection; notice to parties; lapse of policies for nonpayment of premiums, etc.
544.
Rights and privileges of insured during period of protection.
545.
Deduction of unpaid premiums upon settlement of policies maturing during protection.
546.
Guaranty of premiums and interest by United States; settlement of amounts due upon expiration of protection; subrogation of United States; crediting debt repayments.
547.
Regulations; finality of determinations.
548 to 554. Repealed or Omitted.
ARTICLE V-TAXES AND PUBLIC LANDS
560.
Taxes respecting personalty, money, credits, or realty; sale of property to enforce collection; redemption of property sold; penalty for nonpayment; notice of rights to beneficiaries of section.
561.
Rights to public lands not forfeited; grazing lands.
562.
Homestead entries and settlement claims; service as equivalent to residence and cultivation.
563.
Death or incapacity during or resulting from service as affecting rights; perfection of rights.
564.
Desert-land entries; suspension of requirements.
565.
Mining claims; requirements suspended.
566.
Mineral permits and leases; suspension of operations and term of permits and leases.
567.
Right to take action for perfection, defense, etc., of rights as unaffected; affidavits and proofs.
568.
Irrigation rights; residence requirements suspended.
569.
Distribution of information concerning benefits of article; forms.
570.
Homestead entrymen permitted to leave entries to perform farm labor.
571.
Land rights of persons under 21.
572.
Extension of benefits to persons serving with war allies of United States.
573.
Income taxes; collection deferred; interest; statute of limitations.
574.
Residence for tax purposes.
ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
580.
Transfers to take advantage of act.
581.
Certificates of service; persons reported missing.
582.
Revocation, etc., of interlocutory orders.
583.
Separability.
584.
Termination date.
585.
Omitted.
ARTICLE VII-FURTHER RELIEF
590.
Stay of enforcement of obligations, liabilities, taxes, etc.
591.
Power of attorney.
(a)
Extension for period person in missing status.
(b)
Limitation on extension.
(c)
Persons subject to coverage.
592.
Professional liability protection for certain persons ordered to active duty in armed forces.
(a)
Applicability.
(b)
Suspension of coverage.
(c)
Reinstatement of coverage.
(d)
Increase in premium.
(e)
Continuation of coverage of unaffected persons.
(f)
Stay of civil or administrative actions.
(g)
Effect of suspension upon limitations period.
(h)
Death during period of suspension.
(i)
Definitions.
593.
Reinstatement of health insurance coverage upon release from service.
(a)
Right to reinstatement of coverage.
(b)
Exclusion or waiting period.
(c)
Employer-offered insurance benefits.
Extension of Benefits to Inductees Under Universal Military Training and Service Act
The benefits of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (see section 501 of this Appendix) are extended to inductees under the Universal Military Training and Service Act by section 464 of this Appendix.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918
Former provisions on this subject were contained in act Mar. 8, 1918, ch. 20,
Act Referred to in Other Sections
This Act is referred to in section 464 of this Appendix; title 5 sections 5520a, 5569; title 10 section 1408; title 26 section 7654; title 33 section 857–3; title 42 section 213.