2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part IV - General Administrative Provisions
Chapter 55 - Minors, Incompetents, and Other Wards
Sec. 5506 - Definition of "fiduciary"

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Citation 38 U.S.C. § 5506 (2018)
Section Name §5506. Definition of "fiduciary"
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–454, title V, §501(a)(1), Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3617.)

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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. 5506 - Definition of "fiduciary"
Contains section 5506
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 118 Stat. 3617
Public Law References Public Law 108-454
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