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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 50— SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF · SUBCHAPTER III— RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CONTRACTS · § 3954

§ 3954. Settlement of stayed cases relating to personal property

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(a)Appraisal of property When a stay is granted pursuant to this chapter in a proceeding to foreclose a mortgage on or to repossess personal property, or to rescind or terminate a contract for the purchase of personal property, the court may appoint three disinterested parties to appraise the property.
(b)Equity payment Based on the appraisal, and if undue hardship to the servicemember’s dependents will not result, the court may order that the amount of the servicemember’s equity in the property be paid to the servicemember, or the servicemember’s dependents, as a condition of foreclosing the mortgage, repossessing the property, or rescinding or terminating the contract.
(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2848.)
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  • Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888
  • Pub. L. 108–189, § 1
  • 117 Stat. 2848
  • act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888
  • Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, § 12
  • 56 Stat. 772
  • Pub. L. 102–12, § 9(9)
  • 105 Stat. 40
  • Pub. L. 108–189
  • section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189
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§ 3954
Settlement of stayed cases relating to personal property
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ActOct. 17, 1940, ch. 888
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–189, § 1
Stat.117 Stat. 2848
Actact Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888
ActOct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, § 12
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