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[CITE: 10USC1440]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER 73--ANNUITIES BASED ON RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN
 
Sec. 1440. Annuities not subject to legal process

    Except as provided in section 1437(c)(3)(B) of this title, no 
annuity payable under this subchapter is assignable or subject to 
execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 111; Pub. L. 92-425, Sec. 1(2)(A), 
Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 706; Pub. L. 98-525, title VI, Sec. 642(a)(2), 
Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2546; Pub. L. 99-145, title XIII, 
Sec. 1303(a)(10), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 739.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1440..................................  37:378.                              Au
g. 8, 1953, ch. 393, Sec.  9, 67
                                                                              S
tat. 504.
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    The words ``either in law or equity'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1985--Pub. L. 99-145 substituted ``1437(c)(3)(B)'' for 
``1437(c)(3)''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-525 substituted ``Except as provided in section 
1437(c)(3) of this title, no'' for ``No''.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-425 substituted ``subchapter'' for ``chapter''.
