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[CITE: 38USC8503]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
     CHAPTER 85--DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS' PERSONAL PROPERTY
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--PROPERTY LEFT ON DEPARTMENT FACILITY
 
Sec. 8503. Notice of provisions of this subchapter

    All persons having or bringing personal property on the premises of 
a Department facility shall be given reasonable notice of the provisions 
of this subchapter. In case of a mentally incompetent person, notice 
hereof shall be given the guardian or other person having custody or 
control of such person or, if none, to such person's nearest relative if 
known. The admission to or continued maintenance in such facility after 
reasonable notice of the provisions of this subchapter shall constitute 
consent to the provisions hereof. The death of any person on any such 
facility or the leaving of property thereon shall be prima facie 
evidence of a valid agreement for the disposition of such property in 
accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1258, Sec. 5203; Pub. L. 99-
576, title VII, Sec. 701(95), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3300; renumbered 
Sec. 8503, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 
Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
404.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5203 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Department'' for ``Veterans' 
Administration''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``such person's'' for ``his'' in 
second sentence.
