2012 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans Benefits
Part IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 5100 - 6308)
Chapter 55 - MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS (§§ 5501 - 5510)
Section 5509 - Authority to require fiduciary to receive payments at regional offices of the Department when failing to provide required accounting

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Publication Title	United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 38 - VETERANS BENEFITS
Category	Bills and Statutes
Collection	United States Code
SuDoc Class Number	Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within	Title 38 - VETERANS BENEFITS PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS CHAPTER 55 - MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS Sec. 5509 - Authority to require fiduciary to receive payments at regional offices of the Department when failing to provide required accounting
Contains	section 5509
Date	2012
Laws in Effect as of Date	January 15, 2013
Positive Law	Yes
Disposition	standard
Source Credit	Added Pub. L. 108-454, title V, §504(a)(1), Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3621.
Statutes at Large Reference	118 Stat. 3621
Public Law References	Public Law 108-454

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MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS - 38 U.S.C. § 5509 (2012)

§5509. Authority to require fiduciary to receive payments at regional offices of the Department when failing to provide required accounting

(a) Required Reports and Accountings.—The Secretary may require a fiduciary to file a report or accounting pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

(b) Actions Upon Failure To File.—In any case in which a fiduciary fails to submit a report or accounting required by the Secretary under subsection (a), the Secretary may, after furnishing notice to such fiduciary and the beneficiary entitled to such payment of benefits, require that such fiduciary appear in person at a regional office of the Department serving the area in which the beneficiary resides in order to receive such payments.

(Added Pub. L. 108–454, title V, §504(a)(1), Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3621.)

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the seventh month beginning after Dec. 10, 2004, see section 507(a) of Pub. L. 108–454, set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment note under section 5312 of this title.

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