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[CITE: 38USC1913]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1913. Death before six months' total disability

    Whenever premiums are not waived under section 1912 of this title 
solely because the insured died prior to the continuance of total 
disability for six months, and proof of such facts, satisfactory to the 
Secretary, is filed by the beneficiary with the Department within one 
year after the insured's death, the insurance shall be deemed to be in 
force at the date of the death, and the unpaid premiums shall become a 
lien against the proceeds of the insurance. If the beneficiary is insane 
or a minor, proof of such facts may be filed within one year after 
removal of such legal disability.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1150, Sec. 713; Pub. L. 99-576, 
title VII, Sec. 701(26), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3292; renumbered 
Sec. 1913 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), 
(2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 713 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1912'' for ``712''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted ``Department'' for 
``Veterans' Administration''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the'' for ``his'' in three 
places.
