---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 8505"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "8505"
heading: "Sale or other disposition of property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/8505"
units:
  - "Part VI — Acquisition and Disposition of Property"
  - "Chapter 85 — Disposition of Deceased Veterans’ Personal Property"
  - "Subchapter I — Property Left on Department Facility"
---

# §8505. Sale or other disposition of property


Any unclaimed personal property as described in [section 8502 of this title](/usc/38/8502.md) of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) who have heretofore died or who may hereafter die while maintained as such in a [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) facility, and also any unclaimed property heretofore or hereafter found or situated in such facility, may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this subchapter, and subject to regulations promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) pursuant hereto; and the net proceeds of sale thereof shall be credited and be subject to disbursement as provided in this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1258, § 5205; renumbered § 8505 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5205 of this title as this section and substituted “8502” for “5202”.

Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.