SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3920 — Legal representatives

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SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.), §3920 Legal representatives. Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

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Verbatim regulatory text (2)

Verbatim provisions from SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3920 — Legal representatives — each quote is a verified substring of the regulator-published source snapshot, not retyped. Quoted for reference; this is not legal advice. The operational layer (P&P updates, prompts) lives in the regulation update kits.

50 U.S.C. §3920(a)

(a) Representative A legal representative of a servicemember for purposes of this chapter is either of the following: (1) An attorney acting on the behalf of a servicemember . (2) An individual possessing a power of attorney.

Source: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3920 · source URL · snapshot dd3359ea125630c4

50 U.S.C. §3920(b)

(b) Application Whenever the term “ servicemember ” is used in this chapter, such term shall be treated as including a reference to a legal representative of the servicemember . (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1 , Dec. 19, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2840 .)

Source: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3920 · source URL · snapshot dd3359ea125630c4

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