2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part IV - General Administrative Provisions
Chapter 55 - Minors, Incompetents, and Other Wards
Sec. 5506 - Definition of "fiduciary"
38 U.S.C. § 5506 (2018) |
§5506. Definition of "fiduciary" |
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 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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Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS CHAPTER 55 - MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS Sec. 5506 - Definition of "fiduciary" |
section 5506 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
Yes |
standard |
118 Stat. 3617 |
Public Law 108-454 |