[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: 38CFR12.6]

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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. 12.6  Cases of living veterans.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 12.8, effects of veterans absent 
without leave or who have been discharged or have eloped (and who are 
not to be returned to the field facility) will be disposed of as 
follows:
    (1) To the owner if competent, or if deceased to his or her 
administrator or executor or as directed in writing by such owner, or 
his or her executor or administrator.
    (2) To the guardian of the owner if the latter be incompetent, or if 
deceased to his or her administrator or executor, or as directed in 
writing by such guardian, executor or administrator.
    (3) To the incompetent owner if he or she has no guardian; delivery, 
however, to the incompetent owner may be withheld and may be made to the 
person who is caring for such incompetent if, in the judgment of the 
facility head or his or her designated representative, such delivery is 
to the incompetent's best interest.

    Note: The Government will not pay expense of transportation of 
effects of competent or incompetent veterans discharged, on trail visit, 
absent without leave, or who have eloped, except that personal effects 
of a beneficiary discharged or on trail visit, or of a beneficiary being 
transferred to another facility at Government expense, which are not 
available at time of discharge, beginning of trail visit, or transfer of 
the beneficiary, due to the articles being in custody of the Government, 
may be shipped at Government expense.

    (b) Funds of veterans absent without leave or who have been 
discharged or have eloped (and who are not to be returned to the 
station) will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of 
current Department of Veterans Affairs procedures.

[13 FR 7129, Nov. 27, 1948, as amended at 17 FR 1687, Feb. 26, 1952; 19 
FR 9330, Dec. 30, 1954; 29 FR 17904, Dec. 17, 1964]

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