Title 40 of the U.S. Code § 1312 - Release of real estate in certain cases

Full text of § 1312 from Title 40 of the United States Code.

§ 1312. Release of real estate in certain cases

(a) In General.—Real estate that has become the property of the Federal Government in payment of a debt which afterward is fully paid in money and received by the Government may be conveyed by the Administrator of General Services to the debtor from whom it was taken or to the heirs or devisees of the debtor or the person that they may appoint.

(b) Nonapplication.—This section does not apply to real estate the Government acquires in payment of any debt arising under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1138.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
1312	40:306.	R.S. §3751; Pub. L. 89–30, §3, June 2, 1965, 79 Stat. 119.

In subsection (a), the words "by conveyance, extent, or otherwise" are omitted as unnecessary. The words "General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury" were substituted for "Solicitor of the Treasury" in section 3751 of the Revised Statutes because section 512(b) of the Revenue Act of 1934 (ch. 277, 48 Stat. 759) abolished the offices of General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the offices of Solicitor and Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury and transferred the powers, duties, and functions of those offices to the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury. The words "release by deed or otherwise" and "if he is living, or, if such debtor is dead" are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b), the words "the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.)" are substituted for "the internal-revenue laws" for clarity and for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

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