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[CITE: 31USC3715]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                   SUBTITLE III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
                           CHAPTER 37--CLAIMS
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--CLAIMS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
 
Sec. 3715. Buying real property of a debtor

    The head of an agency for whom a civil action is brought against a 
debtor of the United States Government may buy real property of the 
debtor at a sale on execution of the real property of the debtor 
resulting from the action. The head of the agency may not bid more for 
the property than the amount of the judgment for which the property is 
being sold, and costs. The marshal of the district in which the sale is 
held shall transfer the property to the Government.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 972.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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3715.................................  31:195.                         R.S. Sec
.  3470; June 2, 1965, Pub. L. 89-
                                                                        30, Sec
.  5, 79 Stat. 119.
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    The words ``by such agent as . . . shall appoint'' are omitted as 
unnecessary. The word ``agency'' is substituted for ``department or 
independent agency'' because of the restatement. The words ``for whom a 
civil action is brought'' are substituted for ``at whose instance suit 
was instituted'' for consistency. The words ``real property'' are 
substituted for ``lands or tenements'' for clarity and consistency. The 
words ``in behalf of the United States'' are omitted as surplus. The 
words ``for the property'' are added for clarity. The word ``property'' 
is substituted for ``such estate'' for consistency in the section. The 
words ``Whenever such purchase is made'' are omitted as surplus. The 
words ``transfer the property'' are substituted for ``make all needful 
conveyances, assignments, or transfers'' to eliminate unnecessary words 
and for clarity.
