After a servicemember enters military service, a contract by the servicemember for-
may not be rescinded or terminated for a breach of terms of the contract occurring before or during that person's military service, nor may the property be repossessed for such breach without a court order.
This section applies only to a contract for which a deposit or installment has been paid by the servicemember before the servicemember enters military service.
A person who knowingly resumes possession of property in violation of subsection (a), or in violation of section 3918 of this title, or who knowingly attempts to do so, shall be fined as provided in title 18, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
In a hearing based on this section, the court-
50 U.S.C. § 3952
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 532 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 302 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. III, 54 Stat. 1182; Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, §§9(b), (c), 10, 56 Stat. 771, 772; June 23, 1952, ch. 450, 66 Stat. 151; Pub. L. 102-12, §9(9), (10), Mar. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 40, related to mortgages and trust deeds, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108-189. See section 3953 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2010-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111-275 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to penalties.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection 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.