source:
  type: regulation
  id: scra-50usc-3954
  authority: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3954 — Settlement of stayed cases relating to personal
    property
  description: 'SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.), §3954 Settlement of stayed cases relating to
    personal property. Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: scra-50usc-3954-a
  canonical_id: scra-50usc-3954-a
  section: 50 U.S.C. §3954(a)
  description: 'Settlement of stayed cases relating to personal property — (a): (a) Appraisal of property When a
    stay is granted pursuant to this chapter in a proceeding to foreclose a mortgage on or to repossess personal
    property, or to rescind or terminate a contract for the purchase of personal property, the court may appoint
    three disinterested parties to appraise the prope…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3954
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3954
    snapshot_id: 8ccee4a04d80a4eb
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:bd6cde859c3a2d80a4b6a64554f553e0f11ff75e2bad51abc18514936c15be69
    paragraph_quote: (a) Appraisal of property When a stay is granted pursuant to this chapter in a proceeding to
      foreclose a mortgage on or to repossess personal property, or to rescind or terminate a contract for the purchase
      of personal property, the court may appoint three disinterested parties to appraise the property.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 50 U.S.C. §3954 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot 8ccee4a04d80a4eb;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: scra-50usc-3954-b
  canonical_id: scra-50usc-3954-b
  section: 50 U.S.C. §3954(b)
  description: 'Settlement of stayed cases relating to personal property — (b): (b) Equity payment Based on the
    appraisal, and if undue hardship to the servicemember ’s dependents will not result, the court may order that
    the amount of the servicemember ’s equity in the property be paid to the servicemember , or the servicemember
    ’s dependents, as a condition of foreclosing the…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3954
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3954
    snapshot_id: 8ccee4a04d80a4eb
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:bd6cde859c3a2d80a4b6a64554f553e0f11ff75e2bad51abc18514936c15be69
    paragraph_quote: (b) Equity payment Based on the appraisal, and if undue hardship to the servicemember ’s dependents
      will not result, the court may order that the amount of the servicemember ’s equity in the property be paid
      to the servicemember , or the servicemember ’s dependents, as a condition of foreclosing the mortgage, repossessing
      the property, or rescinding or terminating the contract. (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title III, § 304, as added
      Pub. L. 108–189, § 1 , Dec. 19, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2848 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 50 U.S.C. §3954 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot 8ccee4a04d80a4eb;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
