---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 8505"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "8505"
heading: "Sale or other disposition of property"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/8505"
units:
  - "Part VI — Acquisition and Disposition of Property"
  - "Chapter 85 — Disposition of Deceased Veterans’ Personal Property"
  - "Subchapter I — Property Left on Department Facility"
---

# §8505. Sale or other disposition of property


Any unclaimed personal property as described in [section 8502 of this title](/usc/38/8502.md) of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) who have heretofore died or who may hereafter die while maintained as such in a [Department facility](/usc/38/8509.md), and also any unclaimed property heretofore or hereafter found or situated in such [facility](/usc/38/8509.md), may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this subchapter, and subject to regulations promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) pursuant hereto; and the net proceeds of sale thereof shall be credited and be subject to disbursement as provided in this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1258, § 5205; renumbered § 8505 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5205 of this title as this section and substituted “8502” for “5202”.

Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.