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[CITE: 38USC8504]

 
                      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. 8504. Disposition of other unclaimed property

    Any other unclaimed property found on the premises under the control 
of the Department shall be stored by the officer in charge of such 
premises and may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in 
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary if the owner 
thereof fails to claim same within ninety days. If undisposed of, the 
same may be reclaimed by the owner, such peron's personal representative 
or next of kin, upon payment of reasonable storage charges prescribed by 
regulations. If sold, the net proceeds thereof shall be credited to said 
post fund to be expended as other assets of such fund. The person who 
was entitled to such property, or such person's legal representative, or 
assignee, shall be paid the proceeds of sale thereof, less expenses if 
claim therefor be made within five years from the date of finding. If 
the owner shall have died intestate without creditors or next of kin 
surviving, such proceeds shall not be paid to such person's legal 
representative.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1258, Sec. 5204; Pub. L. 99-
576, title VII, Sec. 701(96), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3300; renumbered 
Sec. 8504, 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), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 
1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5204 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' and 
``Department'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``such person's'' for ``his'' in 
three places.
