---
kind: "unit"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
key: "stI/ch5/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Disposing of Property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/stI-ch5-schIII"
sections_count: 20
---

# Subchapter III — Disposing of Property

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works › Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services › Chapter 5 — Property Management

## Sections

- [§541. Supervision and direction](/usc/40/541.md)
- [§542. Care and handling](/usc/40/542.md)
- [§543. Method of disposition](/usc/40/543.md)
- [§544. Validity of transfer instruments](/usc/40/544.md)
- [§545. Procedure for disposal](/usc/40/545.md)
- [§546. Contractor inventories](/usc/40/546.md)
- [§547. Agricultural commodities, foods, and cotton or woolen goods](/usc/40/547.md)
- [§548. Surplus vessels](/usc/40/548.md)
- [§549. Donation of personal property through state agencies](/usc/40/549.md)
- [§549a. Donation of personal property through nonprofit refurbishers](/usc/40/549a.md)
- [§550. Disposal of real property for certain purposes](/usc/40/550.md)
- [§551. Donations to American Red Cross](/usc/40/551.md)
- [§552. Abandoned or unclaimed property on Government premises](/usc/40/552.md)
- [§553. Property for correctional facility, law enforcement, and emergency management response purposes](/usc/40/553.md)
- [§554. Property for development or operation of a port facility](/usc/40/554.md)
- [§555. Donation of law enforcement canines to handlers](/usc/40/555.md)
- [§556. Disposal of dredge vessels](/usc/40/556.md)
- [§557. Donation of books to Free Public Library](/usc/40/557.md)
- [§558. Donation of forfeited vessels](/usc/40/558.md)
- [§559. Advice of Attorney General with respect to antitrust law](/usc/40/559.md)