---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3934"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3934"
heading: "Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3934"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Servicemembers Civil Relief"
  - "Subchapter II — General Relief"
---

# §3934. Stay or vacation of execution of judgments, attachments, and garnishments

- (a) **Court action upon material affect determination—** If a [servicemember](/usc/50/3911.md?p=1), in the opinion of the [court](/usc/50/3911.md?p=5), is materially affected by reason of [military service](/usc/50/3911.md?p=2) in complying with a [court](/usc/50/3911.md?p=5) [judgment](/usc/50/3911.md?p=9) or order, the [court](/usc/50/3911.md?p=5) may on its own motion and shall on application by the [servicemember](/usc/50/3911.md?p=1)—
  - (1) stay the execution of any [judgment](/usc/50/3911.md?p=9) or order entered against the [servicemember](/usc/50/3911.md?p=1); and
  - (2) vacate or stay an attachment or garnishment of property, money, or debts in the possession of the [servicemember](/usc/50/3911.md?p=1) or a third party, whether before or after [judgment](/usc/50/3911.md?p=9).
- (b) **Applicability—** This section applies to an action or proceeding commenced in a [court](/usc/50/3911.md?p=5) against a [servicemember](/usc/50/3911.md?p=1) before or during the period of the [servicemember](/usc/50/3911.md?p=1)’s [military service](/usc/50/3911.md?p=2) or within 90 days after such service terminates.

## Source credit

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2843.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 524 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 204 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. II, 54 Stat. 1181, related to duration and term of stays and codefendants not in service, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189. See section 3935 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any case not final before Dec. 19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.