---
kind: "unit"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
key: "stI/ch13"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 13"
heading: "Public Property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/stI-ch13"
sections_count: 15
---

# Chapter 13 — Public Property

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works › Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services

## Sections

- [§1301. Charge of property transferred to the Federal Government](/usc/40/1301.md)
- [§1302. Lease of buildings](/usc/40/1302.md)
- [§1303. Disposition of surplus real property](/usc/40/1303.md)
- [§1304. Transfer of federal property to States](/usc/40/1304.md)
- [§1305. Disposition of land acquired by devise](/usc/40/1305.md)
- [§1306. Disposition of abandoned or forfeited personal property](/usc/40/1306.md)
- [§1307. Disposition of securities](/usc/40/1307.md)
- [§1308. Disposition of unfit horses and mules](/usc/40/1308.md)
- [§1309. Preservation, sale, or collection of wrecked, abandoned, or derelict property](/usc/40/1309.md)
- [§1310. Sale of war supplies, land, and buildings](/usc/40/1310.md)
- [§1311. Authority of President to obtain release](/usc/40/1311.md)
- [§1312. Release of real estate in certain cases](/usc/40/1312.md)
- [§1313. Releasing property from attachment](/usc/40/1313.md)
- [§1314. Easements](/usc/40/1314.md)
- [§1315. Law enforcement authority of Secretary of Homeland Security for protection of public property](/usc/40/1315.md)