[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR12.17]

[Page 556]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 12_DISPOSITION OF VETERAN'S PERSONAL FUNDS AND 
 
Sec. 12.17  Unclaimed effects to be sold.

    (a) Personal effects of persons referred to in Sec. 12.15 which 
remain unclaimed for 90 days after the death or departure of the owner 
shall be sold in the manner provided by Sec. 12.8. The owner, his or 
her personal representative, or next of kin may reclaim any such 
property upon request therefor at any time prior to the sale.
    (b) Any unclaimed funds and the proceeds of any effects sold as 
unclaimed will be deposited to the General Post Fund subject to be 
reclaimed within five years after notice of sale, by or on behalf of any 
person or persons who, if known, would have been entitled to the 
property prior to the sale.

[13 FR 7131, Nov. 27, 1948, as amended at 14 FR 4726, July 28, 1949]