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50 USC App, SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT: Front Matter
From Title 50-AppendixSERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACTACT 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.
502.
Purpose.

        

TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

511.
Definitions.
512.
Jurisdiction and applicability of Act.
513.
Protection of persons secondarily liable.
514.
Extension of protections to citizens serving with allied forces.
515.
Notification of benefits.
515a.
Information for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents on rights and protections of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
516.
Extension of rights and protections to reserves ordered to report for military service and to persons ordered to report for induction.
517.
Waiver of rights pursuant to written agreement.
518.
Exercise of rights under Act not to affect certain future financial transactions.
519.
Legal representatives.

        

TITLE II-GENERAL RELIEF

521.
Protection of servicemembers against default judgments.
522.
Stay of proceedings when servicemember has notice.
523.
Fines and penalties under contracts.
524.
Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments.
525.
Duration and term of stays; codefendants not in service.
526.
Statute of limitations.
527.
Maximum rate of interest on debts incurred before military service.

        

TITLE III-RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES

531.
Evictions and distress.
532.
Protection under installment contracts for purchase or lease.
533.
Mortgages and trust deeds.
534.
Settlement of stayed cases relating to personal property.
535.
Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases.
535a.
Termination of telephone service contracts.
536.
Protection of life insurance policy.
537.
Enforcement of storage liens.
538.
Extension of protections to dependents.

        

TITLE IV-LIFE INSURANCE

541.
Definitions.
542.
Insurance rights and protections.
543.
Application for insurance protection.
544.
Policies entitled to protection and lapse of policies.
545.
Policy restrictions.
546.
Deduction of unpaid premiums.
547.
Premiums and interest guaranteed by United States.
548.
Regulations.
549.
Review of findings of fact and conclusions of law.

        

TITLE V-TAXES AND PUBLIC LANDS

561.
Taxes respecting personal property, money, credits, and real property.
562.
Rights in public lands.
563.
Desert-land entries.
564.
Mining claims.
565.
Mineral permits and leases.
566.
Perfection or defense of rights.
567.
Distribution of information concerning benefits of title.
568.
Land rights of servicemembers.
569.
Regulations.
570.
Income taxes.
571.
Residence for tax purposes.

        

TITLE VI-ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

581.
Inappropriate use of Act.
582.
Certificates of service; persons reported missing.
583.
Interlocutory orders.

        

TITLE VII-FURTHER RELIEF

591.
Anticipatory relief.
592.
Power of attorney.
593.
Professional liability protection.
594.
Health insurance reinstatement.
595.
Guarantee of residency for military personnel and spouses of military personnel.
596.
Business or trade obligations.
597.
Enforcement by the Attorney General.
597a.
Private right of action.
597b.
Preservation of remedies.

        

Codification

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, comprising sections 501 to 515 and 516 to 597b of this Appendix, was originally enacted as act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, 54 Stat. 1178 , known as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and amended by acts Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, 56 Stat. 769 ; July 3, 1944, ch. 397, 58 Stat. 722 ; Apr. 3, 1948, ch. 170, 62 Stat. 160 ; June 23, 1952, ch. 450, 66 Stat. 151 ; July 11, 1956, ch. 570, 70 Stat. 528 ; Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105 ; Pub. L. 86–721, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 820 ; Pub. L. 87–771, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 768 ; Pub. L. 89–358, Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 12 ; Pub. L. 92–540, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1074 ; Pub. L. 102–12, Mar. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 34 ; Pub. L. 104–106, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 186 ; Pub. L. 107–107, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1012 ; Pub. L. 107–330, Dec. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 2820 . Sections of the act Oct. 17, 1940, are shown herein, however, as having been added by Pub. L. 108–189, §1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2835 , without reference to the intervening amendments listed above because of the extensive revision of act Oct. 17, 1940, by Pub. L. 108–189.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918

Former provisions on this subject were contained in act Mar. 8, 1918, ch. 20, 40 Stat. 440 , known as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918, section 101 et seq. of this Appendix.