---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 544"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "544"
heading: "Validity of transfer instruments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/544"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 5 — Property Management"
  - "Subchapter III — Disposing of Property"
---

# §544. Validity of transfer instruments


A deed, bill of sale, lease, or other instrument executed by or on behalf of an [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) purporting to transfer title or other interest in [surplus property](/usc/40/102.md?p=10) under this chapter is conclusive evidence of compliance with the provisions of this chapter concerning title or other interest of a bona fide grantee or transferee for value and without notice of lack of compliance.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1087.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 544 | 40:484(d). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(d), 63 Stat. 385. |