---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2363"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2363"
heading: "Indemnity obligation of Commission; incorporation by reference in deed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2363"
units:
  - "Chapter 24 — Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities"
  - "Subchapter V — Financing"
---

# §2363. Indemnity obligation of Commission; incorporation by reference in deed


For a period of not more than fifteen years after August 4, 1955, or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this chapter, the [Commission](/usc/42/2304.md?p=a) shall indemnify the purchaser (except a purchaser taking advantage of the provisions of [section 2326(d) of this title](/usc/42/2326.md?p=d)), and any successor in title, of any such [single family](/usc/42/2304.md?p=m) or duplex [house](/usc/42/2304.md?p=c) as set forth in this subchapter. This indemnity shall be deemed to be incorporated in the deeds given on the sale of Government-owned [houses](/usc/42/2304.md?p=c). One person may not invoke the indemnity in respect of more than one [house](/usc/42/2304.md?p=c).


## Source credit

(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 6, § 63, 69 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 87–719, § 17, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 666.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1962—Pub. L. 87–719 inserted “or, in the case of Los Alamos, not more than fifteen years after the date it is included within this chapter” after “August 4, 1955,”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.