source:
  type: regulation
  id: va-38usc-3705
  authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3705 — Warranties
  description: 'VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37), §3705 Warranties. Captured section-complete from Cornell
    LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: va-38usc-3705-a
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3705-a
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3705(a)
  description: 'Warranties — (a): (a) The Secretary shall require that in connection with any property upon which
    there is located a dwelling designed principally for not more than a four-family residence and which is appraised
    for guaranty or insurance before the beginning of construction, the seller or builder, and such other pers…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3705
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3705
    snapshot_id: 135759e6d70bfae4
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:705ab351646f457eee2ab8eff6894f01cdc5612340af2288da3761ff77287a20
    paragraph_quote: (a) The Secretary shall require that in connection with any property upon which there is located
      a dwelling designed principally for not more than a four-family residence and which is appraised for guaranty
      or insurance before the beginning of construction, the seller or builder, and such other person as may be
      required by the Secretary to become warrantor, shall deliver to the purchaser or owner of such property a
      warranty that the dwelling is constructed in substantial conformity with the plans and specifications (including
      any amendments thereof, or changes and variations therein, which have been approved in writing by the Secretary)
      on which the Secretary based the Secretary’s valuation of the dwelling. The Secretary shall deliver to the
      builder, seller, or other warrantor the Secretary’s written approval (which shall be conclusive evidence of
      such appraisal) of any amendment of, or change or variation in, such plans and specifications which the Secretary
      deems to be a substantial amendment thereof, or change or variation therein, and shall file a copy of such
      written approval with such plans and specifications. Such warranty shall apply only with respect to such instances
      of substantial nonconformity to such approved plans and specifications (including any amendments thereof,
      or changes or variations therein, which have been approved in writing, as provided in this section, by the
      Secretary) as to which the purchaser or home owner has given written notice to the warrantor within one year
      from the date of conveyance of title to, or initial occupancy of, the dwelling, whichever first occurs. Such
      warranty shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, all other rights and privileges which such purchaser
      or owner may have under any other law or instrument. The provisions of this section shall apply to any such
      property covered by a mortgage insured or guaranteed by the Secretary on and after October 1, 1954 , unless
      such mortgage is insured or guaranteed pursuant to a commitment therefor made before October 1, 1954 .
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3705 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot 135759e6d70bfae4;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: va-38usc-3705-b
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3705-b
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3705(b)
  description: 'Warranties — (b): (b) The Secretary shall permit copies of the plans and specifications (including
    written approvals of any amendments thereof, or changes or variations therein, as provided in this section)
    for dwellings in connection with which warranties are required by subsection (a) of this section to be made
    ava…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3705
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3705
    snapshot_id: 135759e6d70bfae4
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:705ab351646f457eee2ab8eff6894f01cdc5612340af2288da3761ff77287a20
    paragraph_quote: (b) The Secretary shall permit copies of the plans and specifications (including written approvals
      of any amendments thereof, or changes or variations therein, as provided in this section) for dwellings in
      connection with which warranties are required by subsection (a) of this section to be made available in their
      appropriate local offices for inspection or for copying by any purchaser, home owner, or warrantor during
      such hours or periods of time as the Secretary may determine to be reasonable. ( Pub. L. 85–857 , Sept. 2,
      1958 , 72 Stat. 1206 , § 1805; Pub. L. 94–324, § 7(9) , June 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 721 ; Pub. L. 101–237, title
      III, § 313(b)(1) , Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2077 ; Pub. L. 102–54, § 15(a)(1) , June 13, 1991 , 105 Stat.
      288 ; renumbered § 3705, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII,
      § 1202(a)(2) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4689 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3705 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot 135759e6d70bfae4;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
