[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: 38CFR12.18]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 12_DISPOSITION OF VETERAN'S PERSONAL FUNDS AND 
 
Sec.  12.18  Disposition of funds and effects left by officers and

enlisted men on the active list of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps 
of the United States.

    (a) The manager will notify the commanding officer of the death or 
absence of such patient and will deliver to the commanding officer, 
without expense to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the funds and 
effects of the deceased or absent officer, or enlisted man procuring a 
receipt therefor.
    (b) If the funds and effects are not delivered to the commanding 
officer within seven days after the death or absence without leave of an 
officer, or enlisted man, the funds will be deposited in the Personal 
Funds of Patients. If not disposed of at the expiration of 90 days after 
the date of death or absence, the funds will be transferred to the 
General Post Fund and the effects will be handled in accordance with 
regulations governing the disposition of unclaimed effects left by 
veterans. The funds and the proceeds derived from the sale of the 
personal effects will be paid to the person lawfully entitled thereto, 
providing claim is made within five years from the date of notice of 
sale, or in the case of legal disability within five years after 
termination of legal disability.

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

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Under Pub. L. 382, 77th Congress, December 26, 1941, Amending the Act of 
                      June 25, 1910 (24 U.S.C. 136)