2015 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits (Sections 101 - 8528)
Part IV - General Administrative Provisions (Sections 5100 - 6308)
Chapter 55 - Minors, Incompetents, and Other Wards (Sections 5501 - 5510)
Sec. 5506 - Definition of "fiduciary"
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 5506 - Definition of "fiduciary" |
| Contains | section 5506 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 108-454, title V, §501(a)(1), Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3617. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 118 Stat. 3617 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 108-454 |
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For purposes of this chapter and chapter 61 of this title, the term "fiduciary" means—
(1) a person who is a guardian, curator, conservator, committee, or person legally vested with the responsibility or care of a claimant (or a claimant's estate) or of a beneficiary (or a beneficiary's estate); or
(2) any other person having been appointed in a representative capacity to receive money paid under any of the laws administered by the Secretary for the use and benefit of a minor, incompetent, or other beneficiary.
(Added Pub. L. 108–454, title V, §501(a)(1), Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3617.)
EFFECTIVE DATESection 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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