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50 U.S.C. § 3959 : War And National Defense — Servicemembers Civil Relief — Rent, Installment Contracts, Mortgages, Liens, Assignment, Leases, Telephone Service Contracts — Extension Of Protections To Dependents

Upon application to a court, a dependent of a servicemember is entitled to the protections of this subchapter if the dependent’s ability to comply with a lease, contract, bailment, or other obligation is materially affected by reason of the servicemember’s military service.

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title III, § 308, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2851.)


Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 538 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.