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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7712', '§7712', '§4712', '§30', '§512', '§1301', '§1533', '§202', '§7712', '§808', '§1', 'Art. 112', '§ 6', '§1533', '§1533']

[USC02] 10 USC 7712: Disposition of effects of deceased persons by summary court-martial
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10 USC 7712: Disposition of effects of deceased persons by summary court-martial Text contains those laws in effect on July 12, 2020
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle B-ArmyPART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENTCHAPTER 775-DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED PERSONS; CAPTURED FLAGS
§7712. Disposition of effects of deceased persons by summary court-martial
(1) a person subject to military law at a place or command under the jurisdiction of the Army; or
(2) a resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home who dies in an Army hospital outside the District of Columbia when sent from the Home to that hospital for treatment;
(b) If there is no legal representative or surviving spouse present, the commanding officer shall direct a summary court-martial to collect the effects of the deceased that are then in camp or quarters.
(c) The summary court-martial may collect debts due the decedent's estate by local debtors, pay undisputed local creditors of the deceased to the extent permitted by money of the deceased in the court's possession, and shall take receipts for those payments, to be filed with the court's final report to the Department of the Army.
(f) As soon as practicable after the effects have been converted into cash under subsection (e), the summary court-martial shall deposit all cash in the court's possession and belonging to the estate with the officer designated in regulations, and shall send a receipt therefor, together with any will or other papers of value, an inventory of the effects, and articles not permitted to be sold, to the executive part of the Department of the Army. The Secretary of the Army shall deliver to the Armed Forces Retirement Home all items received by the executive part of the Department of the Army under this subsection.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 264 , §4712; Pub. L. 89–718, §30, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1119 ; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §512(20), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2930 ; Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1301(b)(4)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 736 ; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, §1533(a)(6), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1734 ; Pub. L. 104–316, title II, §202(g), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3842 ; renumbered §7712, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839 .)
4712(a)
4712(b)
June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. II, §1 (Art. 112), 41 Stat. 809 ; May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 6(c), 64 Stat. 145 .
In subsection (a), the words "the court-martial jurisdiction of the Army or the Air Force at a place or command under the jurisdiction of the Army" are substituted for the words "military law", to reflect the creation of a separate Air Force. Clause (2) is substituted for 5:150j (last par.).
In subsections (a), (b), and (d), the words "surviving spouse" are substituted for the word "widow".
In subsection (d), the words "through the Quartermaster Corps" are omitted, since the functions are no longer lodged in the Quartermaster Corps. The words "if such be found by said court" are omitted as surplusage. The words "United States" are substituted for the word "Government". 5:150j (19 words before 3d semicolon of 1st par.) is omitted as covered by subsection (g).
In subsection (e), the first 37 words are substituted for 5:150j (33 words after 3d semicolon of 1st par.). The word "may" is substituted for the words "shall have the authority".
In subsection (f), the words "Soldiers' Home" are inserted, since, as provided in section 4713 of this title, the Home is now the place where the mentioned articles are sent.
2018-Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4712 of this title as this section.
1996-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104–316 struck out subsec. (g) which read as follows: "The summary court-martial shall make a full report of the transactions under this section, with respect to the deceased, to the Department of the Army for transmission to the General Accounting Office for action authorized in the settlement of accounts of deceased members of the Army."
1990-Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–510, §1533(a)(6)(A), substituted "a resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home" for "an inmate of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–510, §1533(a)(6)(B), struck out "for transmission to the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home" after "Department of the Army" and inserted at end "The Secretary of the Army shall deliver to the Armed Forces Retirement Home all items received by the executive part of the Department of the Army under this subsection."
1985-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted new pars. (1) to (6) for former pars. (1) to (9) which read as follows:
1966-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted "military law" for "the court-martial jurisdiction of the Army or the Air Force".