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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 50 — Servicemembers Civil Relief

§ 4027. Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers

Statutory text

For the purposes of establishing the residency of a spouse of a servicemember for any purpose (including the registration of a business), the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

    Pub. L. 116–92 div. A title XVII § 1739(a) · 133 Stat. 1198

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4027

    Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1820

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1820

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Title VI of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 707. GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS.   “For the purposes of establishing the residency of a spouse of a servicemember for any purpose (including the registration of a business), the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.” .

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

    Pub. L. 117–81 div. A title X § 1081(c) · 135 Stat. 1541

    Changed · 50 U.S.C. § 4027

    Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020.— Effective as of December 20, 2019, and as if included therein as enacted, section 1739(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) 50 USC 4027 and note. is amended by striking “VI” and inserting “VII”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), , 135 Stat. 1922, provided that the amendment made by section 1081(c) is effective .

Credits

1940–2021 · 2 acts
  1. 1940Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), , 133 Stat. 1820
  2. 2021amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), , 135 Stat. 1922.
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(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), , 133 Stat. 1820; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), , 135 Stat. 1922.)

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