California

Military and Veterans Code - MVC

1,245 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 721 — If any public agency which has rendered a service, provided benefits, or furnished assistance to a veteran determines that the costs of rendering the service or providing the benefits or assistance ar
• § 73 — The California Veterans Board may create advisory committees consisting of veterans to advise the board in specific fields under or relating to the jurisdiction of the board.
• § 73.4 — The secretary and the board shall each seek to confer with the California State Commanders Veterans Council at least twice per calendar year on issues affecting California veterans.
• § 73.7 — (a) Any state officer or employee who intentionally engages in acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats, coercion, or similar acts against an employee of any state department, board, or authority for ha
• § 73.8 — The board shall have access to all documents and employees of the department.
• § 74 — (a) The chief administrative officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be the Secretary of Veterans Affairs who shall be a civil executive officer.
• § 75 — The secretary shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
• § 76 — The annual salary of the secretary is provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
• § 78 — (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is head of the department and, as head of the department and subject to the policies adopted by the board, shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and juris
• § 78.5 — The secretary shall conduct audits as required by Section 13402 of the Government Code, on internal controls of the department, that shall be provided to the inspector general.
• § 79 — There shall be an Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs, who shall be a civil executive officer.
• § 79.1 — In addition to the Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs, there shall be within the department, and the secretary shall appoint, both of the following: (a) A Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs, w
• § 79.2 — (a) In addition to the secretary, the Governor shall appoint a Deputy Secretary of Veterans Homes, to serve at the pleasure of the secretary, who shall be responsible for the administration of all sit
• § 79.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may adopt, amend, or repeal regulations concerning the administration and operation of the Veterans’ Home of California.
• § 79.4 — (a) The department shall do all of the following concerning the operation and administration of the veterans’ homes: (1) Take the necessary steps to ensure that all medical or other facilities under i
• § 8 — Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means.
• § 80 — The director may employ subject to law such expert, technical, legal, clerical, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out his powers and duties and except as expressly otherwise provided in
• § 800 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), in addition to any other benefits provided by law and to the extent permitted by federal law, a reservist who is called to active duty may defer payments on any of the
• § 801 — For purposes of this chapter, “mortgage” means an obligation secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, and is limited to an obligation secured by a mortgage or deed of trust for residential property own
• § 802 — Nothing in this chapter relieves a reservist with a mortgage subject to an impound account for the payment of property taxes, special assessments, mortgage insurance, and hazard insurance from making
• § 803 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Reservist” means either of the following: (1) A member of the militia, as defined in Section 120, called or ordered into state milita
• § 804 — During the period specified in Section 800, the reservist may defer the payment of principal and interest on the specified obligations.
• § 805 — Subject to subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 800, a stay, postponement, or suspension under this chapter of the payment of any tax, fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or lia
• § 806 — (a) Any entity, which was providing any type of health care coverage, including, but not limited to, health care service plans, specialized health care service plans, and health insurance to a reservi
• § 807 — (a) The holder of a loan or retail installment sales contract with respect to which the debtor has purchased prepaid credit disability insurance shall give notice to the debtor not less than 30 days b
• § 808 — (a) During the period specified in Section 800, the reservist may defer payments for leased vehicles without breach of the lease or the foreclosure or repossession of the vehicle.
• § 810 — In those instances where a financial obligation covered by this chapter is sold, any requirement to defer payments as specified in this chapter transfers to the purchaser of the obligation.
• § 811 — (a) The spouse or legal dependent, or both, of a reservist who is called to active duty, shall be entitled to the benefits accorded to a reservist under this chapter, provided that the reservist is el
• § 812 — (a) A person violating any provision of this chapter shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the service member or other person entitled to the benefits a
• § 813 — (a) Any person who receives a good faith request from a service member for relief pursuant to this chapter and who believes the request is incomplete or otherwise not legally sufficient, or that the s
• § 820 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “California Military Families Financial Relief Act of 2005.
• § 821 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Service member” means either of the following: (1) A member of the militia, as defined in Section 120, called or ordered into milita
• § 822 — No county recorder in this state may impose a fee for the recordation of a power of attorney to act as the agent for a service member.
• § 823 — (a) Any service member who is in military service, or any spouse or legal dependent of that service member, may terminate, without penalty, a mobile telephony services contract that meets both of the
• § 823.5 — (a) No person or entity licensed under the Business and Professions Code, Corporations Code, Financial Code, or Insurance Code shall market financial services or products to a service member or former
• § 824 — (a) An institution shall, upon request, grant an academic leave of absence for military service to any student who is a member of the active militia, as defined by Section 120, or a reserve component
• § 825 — The State Bar of California shall waive the membership fees of any member who is a service member if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The member was in good standing with the State Bar o
• § 826 — (a) On or after the effective date of the act adding this chapter, any service member who terminates a motor vehicle lease pursuant to the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or pursuant to Secti
• § 827 — (a) A qualified customer may apply for and shall receive shutoff protection from a service provider for a period of 180 days.
• § 828 — The Military Department shall, to the extent reasonable and feasible, inform all members of the militia of the benefits and protections provided by this act, and of similar benefits and protections pr
• § 829 — (a) A person violating any provision of this chapter shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the service member or other person entitled to the benefits a
• § 83 — Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall be applicable to the Department of Ve
• § 830 — (a) Any person who receives a good faith request from a service member for relief pursuant to this chapter and who believes the request is incomplete or otherwise not legally sufficient, or that the s
• § 84 — (a) The secretary may, whenever they deem it advisable and shall, when required to do so by the board, present reports and recommendations to the board concerning any matter relating to veterans’ welf
• § 85 — Records of the department which are records of contract purchasers, shall not be open to inspection by the public.
• § 850 — (a) The state shall pay a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) death benefit to the surviving spouse of, or a beneficiary designated by, any member of the California National Guard, State Guard, or Naval Mil
• § 851 — This chapter shall become operative upon the operative date of an appropriation by the Legislature for the purpose of funding the payments of military benefits, as required by this chapter.
• § 852 — There is hereby appropriated the sum of one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) from the General Fund to the Military Department for the purpose of paying death benefits, as prescribed by this
• § 86 — (a) Any person deeming themself a veteran and who applies for benefits may appeal any decision made by a division of the department to the California Veterans Board.
• § 870 — A person shall not advertise, offer, or enter into an agreement with a pension beneficiary that would involve an assignment of pension benefits that is prohibited by state or federal law.
• § 88 — (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, including, but not limited to, Section 1 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 1992, as amended, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreeme
• § 880 — (a) (1) The department shall, with existing funds or through appropriation by the Legislature, operate a competitive grant program, to be administered by the department.
• § 881 — (a) “Certified California veteran service provider” means an entity applying to the competitive grant program established pursuant to this chapter and that is certified by the department as having an
• § 882 — For purposes of certification, the department may accept current certifications and licenses from any other state entity, agency, or department as supporting evidence of the applicant’s qualifications
• § 883 — (a) (1) A certification approved by the department shall be valid for three years from the date the department accepts credentials for certification unless the department decertifies the certified Cal
• § 885 — (a) The department shall establish the Veteran’s Military Discharge Upgrade Grant Program to help fund service providers who, for free or at low cost, will educate veterans about discharge upgrades an
• § 89 — The department may apply to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee for allocations of the state ceiling on qualified private activity bonds for qualified residential rental projects.
• § 89.5 — (a) The department shall include in its strategic plan the following: (1) A review of the goals and objectives relating to homeless veterans, to determine whether the methods the department uses to pl
• § 890 — As used in this article: (a) “Veterans” means (1) any person who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States and was killed in action or died as a result of war service in the World
• § 890.3 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on or after January 1, 2001, a claimant is not ineligible for a disabled veterans’ benefit for lack of certification of disability of the veteran with respect to
• § 891 — (a) A dependent of a veteran applying for aid under this article shall be over 14 years of age or shall have entered the ninth grade, and shall be a native of or shall have lived in this state for fiv
• § 892 — A dependent of a veteran who desires to continue his education may apply to the department.
• § 893 — The department, insofar as funds permit, may provide: (a) For the payment of tuition and other fees.
• § 894 — For students of collegiate, community college, business and trade school rank, the amount expended by the department as an allowance for living expenses shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per
• § 895 — For tuition and fees: (a) The amount expended on account of any one applicant of undergraduate, collegiate, community college, business, or trade school rank under this article shall not exceed the ma
• § 896 — The department shall consider applications in the order in which they are received.
• § 896.1 — No dependent of a veteran, as defined in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 890, shall be eligible to receive the benefits of this article during the time that he is entitled to r
• § 896.3 — Upon application to the department by a dependent of a veteran as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 890, the department shall reimburse such person for the costs of tuition and fe
• § 896.4 — Any person who is reimbursed by the department for tuition and fees or on whose account the department has paid tuition and fees, shall not at the same time be eligible for any other allowances provid
• § 898 — The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is hereby annually appropriated from the receipts heretofore or hereafter collected under the provisions of Chapter 5, Statutes of 1938, or any oth
• § 899 — The department may, for the purposes of this article, draw upon its appropriation for educational assistance to veterans under Section 981 to 981.
• § 9 — Whenever any reference is made to any section of this code or to any law of this State or the United States or to the Articles of War or the rules and regulations of the United States Army or Navy dep
• § 90 — (a) By July 1, 2015, the department shall develop a transition assistance program for veterans who have been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state.
• § 90.1 — (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history back
• § 90.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the Department of Veterans Affairs may accept donations of personal property, including cash or other gifts, to be used to further the purpose
• § 91 — (a) The California State Accrediting Agency for Veterans Education (CSAAVE) is hereby created within the department.
• § 920 — As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, “veteran” means a person who has been honorably discharged from the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Air Force, Un
• § 921 — The board of supervisors of any county may grant financial assistance, relief, and support to indigent veterans.
• § 922 — Any organization desiring to assist indigent veterans shall first file with the board of supervisors of the county in which it is operating or intending to operate, a verified statement setting forth
• § 923 — Upon the filing of the statement the board of supervisors shall set a day for its consideration not more than ten days after the date of filing.
• § 924 — On the day set, the board of supervisors shall, after hearing any evidence presented, determine by resolution entered upon its minutes whether the organization is qualified to carry out this article.
• § 925 — (a) No money shall be transferred to any person under this article except to the treasurer or financial officer whose name is given in the statement required by Section 922.
• § 926 — Upon receipt of a request from any organization qualified under this article, giving the names of all indigent veterans for whom relief is desired, together with the branch of service, division, regim
• § 927 — All money paid out by any county under this article shall be used by the organization receiving it exclusively for the relief of indigent veterans and no part of it shall ever be used for administrati
• § 928 — The indigent and dependent surviving spouse or domestic partner, minor child, father, or mother of any indigent veteran may be granted relief by the organization out of the money available under this
• § 929 — The necessary expenses, not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350), for burial or cremation of any indigent veteran may be paid out of the money available under this article.
• § 930 — The money necessary to carry out this article may be taken from the general fund of the county.
• § 931 — Any municipal corporation may extend assistance to any organization under this article.
• § 935 — The governing board of any county may grant financial assistance, relief, and support to a disabled veteran, as defined in Section 999.
• § 940 — As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, “veteran” means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine
• § 940.5 — As used in this article, the terms “burial” and “interment” include cremation, except that the election of the form of interment as between burial and cremation shall be made pursuant to the first par
• § 941 — This article shall not apply to soldiers, sailors, or marines who die in the national or State soldiers’ homes in this State.
• § 942 — The board of supervisors of each county shall designate an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military or a member of a veterans’ remains organization, as defined in Section 951, who sh
• § 943 — Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground, or any portion thereof, used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead.
• § 944 — When a deceased veteran or a surviving spouse or domestic partner of a veteran has been interred other than by the person designated by the board of supervisors, the person so designated may pay the s
• § 945 — The expenses to the county of each burial or contribution shall not exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350).
• § 946 — Such claims shall be paid by the county in which the veteran or surviving spouse or domestic partner dies.
• § 947 — The person appointed under section 942, before he assumes the charge and expenses of any burial, shall first satisfy himself by a careful inquiry into and examination of all the circumstances in the c
• § 948 — The clerk of the board of supervisors, upon receiving the report and statement of expenses, shall transcribe in a book kept for that purpose all the facts contained in the report respecting such deced
• § 949 — The board of supervisors shall perpetually maintain the grave of any such honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine.
• § 950 — The person appointed under section 942 shall receive no compensation for any duties he may perform in compliance with this article.
• § 951 — (a) “Veteran status information” means the data required by the Department of Veterans Affairs to verify the status of a decedent as either a veteran or the dependent of a veteran for purposes of elig
• § 951.5 — The public administrator of the county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public administrator belong to a veteran or the dependent
• § 952 — (a) A cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran, shall, upon request of a veterans’ remains organization and aft
• § 953 — (a) A veterans’ remains organization shall take all reasonable steps to inter the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran received in accordance with this article.
• § 954 — The board of supervisors of each county is encouraged to designate personnel from a veterans’ remains organization, as defined in Section 951, to fulfill the role created in Section 942.
• § 955 — (a) (1) A county veteran service officer that determines, pursuant to Section 951.
• § 960 — Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains, which is established or organized under the authority of the board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, there i
• § 960.5 — Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains there is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the service,
• § 961 — Any fraternal or benevolent organization which maintains a plot in a place of burial mentioned in section 960, which is devoted exclusively to the burial of soldiers, sailors, or marines of the United
• § 962 — The officers who are charged by law with raising money by taxation for maintaining any such cemetery or place of burial shall fix the tax levy at an amount sufficient to comply with the requirements o
• § 970 — (a) The board of supervisors of each county may, but is not required to, appoint, prescribe the qualifications of, and fix the compensation of an officer to be titled “county veterans service officer.
• § 971 — (a) The county veterans service officer shall assist every veteran of any war of the United States and every qualified former member, and the dependents of every deceased veteran and every qualified f
• § 972 — (a) The board of supervisors may provide the county veterans service office with any assistance and facilities that it determines to be necessary.
• § 972.1 — (a) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation, during the 1989–90 fiscal year, for purposes
• § 972.2 — (a) There is in the State Treasury the Veterans Service Office Fund.
• § 972.5 — (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may enter into an agreement with the State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services for purposes of obtaining federal matching f
• § 973 — The county veteran service officer shall have power to administer and certify oaths and affirmations, take and certify affidavits and acknowledgments, and exercise any other power of a notary public,
• § 974 — (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall annually prepare a report of the activities of county veterans service officers, and may require each county veterans service officer to submit information
• § 974.5 — (a) The purpose of this section is to provide a mechanism to facilitate the delivery of complete, efficient information and other services to veterans in a convenient setting.
• § 975 — The board of supervisors of any county may create and appoint members to a veterans’ affairs commission either as an independent agency or in conjunction with a California National Guard members’ comm
• § 975.5 — (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide for one paid veterans assistant position within the office of the county veteran service officer for the County of Los Angeles.
• § 980 — (a) As used in this chapter, “veteran” means any of the following: (1) A citizen of the United States who served in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States on or after April 6,
• § 980.5 — In the event of any conflict between any provision of this chapter and the federal Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (P.
• § 981 — There is in the state government an educational institution known as the California Veterans’ Educational Institute, which is under the management and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• § 981.1 — Any veteran who desires to continue his education may apply for admission to the institute and if, in the opinion of the department, the educational needs and desires of the veteran can be satisfactor
• § 981.15 — “Suitable institutions of learning,” as used in this article, includes postgraduate schools of colleges, universities, or other institutions of learning, but does not include educational institutions
• § 981.2 — The department, insofar as the funds permit, may provide an allowance of one hundred dollars ($100) for each month the student is in satisfactory and actual full-time attendance at an educational inst
• § 981.3 — The amount expended on account of any one veteran under this article shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).
• § 981.4 — The department shall consider the application of veterans for admission to the institute in the order in which they are received.
• § 981.5 — The department may co-operate and confer with authorized agencies of the United States in carrying out the provisions of this article.
• § 981.6 — No veteran who is receiving federal educational benefits shall be eligible to receive the educational benefits provided by this article during such time that he is receiving federal educational benefi
• § 981.7 — Nothing in this article shall be construed as repealing the provisions of Chapter 579, Statutes of 1921, appropriating money for educational assistance to veterans.
• § 981.8 — (a) The Office of the Adjutant General is requested to annually make all of the following available to each member of the California National Guard, the State Guard, and the Naval Militia who does not
• § 987.001 — This article may be cited as the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.
• § 987.002 — (a) The purpose of this article is to provide the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable
• § 987.003 — As used in this article: (a) “Affordable rental housing” shall mean a rental housing development, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 50675.
• § 987.004 — The administration of this article is vested solely in the departments.
• § 987.005 — (a) The departments shall establish and implement programs pursuant to the purposes of this article that focus on veterans at risk for homelessness or experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness.
• § 987.006 — (a) No later than August 15, 2014, the departments shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to address their respective and shared responsibilities in implementing, overseeing, and evaluating th
• § 987.007 — The departments shall convene a stakeholder process to inform the development of guidelines for the implementation of any program pursuant to this article.
• § 987.008 — (a) Pursuant to guidelines or terms developed pursuant to this article, a housing provider or sponsor may redesignate units within a project, so long as the same number of units financed under this ac
• § 987.009 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the proceeds of bonds deposited in the Housing for Veterans Fund pursuant to Section 998.
• § 987.010 — (a) For any loans issued pursuant to this article, loan terms shall be consistent with Section 50675.
• § 987.011 — (a) (1) In the City and County of Los Angeles, where the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted an authority, as defined in Section 34203, a waiver effective August 17, 2024,
• § 987.300 — (a) If a qualified entity is unable to locate, match, or otherwise place a qualified tenant in a qualified unit within 28 days of the qualified unit becoming available, the qualified entity shall be e
• § 987.50 — This article may be cited as the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974, also known as the CalVet Home Loan Program.
• § 987.51 — The object of this article is to provide veterans with the opportunity to acquire farms and homes.
• § 987.52 — The provisions of this article are applicable, and the benefits conferred thereby are available, to: (a) Any veteran as defined in Section 980; (b) Any person who is on active duty in the military or
• § 987.53 — As used in this article: (a) “Farm” means a tract of land, which, in the opinion of the department, is capable of producing sufficient income to provide payment of the amortized contract installments,
• § 987.54 — The administration of the provisions of this article is vested solely in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• § 987.55 — The department shall adopt rules and regulations in keeping with the purpose of this article to establish preferences in the granting of benefits conferred by this article.
• § 987.56 — (a) The department shall prescribe and determine the eligibility and qualifications of all veterans.
• § 987.566 — Whenever applications exceed the amount of funds available in any one or more of the available funding categories, the department may establish a date for each funding category so as to provide fundin
• § 987.57 — (a) The department shall require that all applicants under this article qualify under applicable federal laws and regulations governing the permitted uses of tax-exempt bond funds, and file within the
• § 987.58 — (a) If a veteran dies after filing an application for purchase of a farm or a home, and the veteran’s eligibility and qualifications are subsequently approved, the veteran’s surviving spouse or surviv
• § 987.59 — (a) When a veteran has been authorized by the department to select a farm or home, the veteran shall submit that selection for approval, as the department prescribes.
• § 987.60 — The department may acquire the farm or home, or may provide financing so that a veteran may acquire the farm or home, from its owner or may contract with a veteran for the construction of a dwelling a
• § 987.601 — (a) For purposes of the construction of a dwelling house or other improvements for a farm or home or the acquisition of a farm or home for an Indian veteran pursuant to this article, references to pro
• § 987.602 — (a) Subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Section 987.
• § 987.603 — The department may acquire an assignment of an Indian veteran’s beneficial interest in trust land held by the United States for that veteran or a leasehold interest in trust land acquired by the India
• § 987.62 — (a) The department, after consummating a purchase transaction under the provisions of this article and the veteran having occupied the property as required by Section 987.
• § 987.63 — Notwithstanding other provisions of this article relating to the occupancy, leasing, letting, or subletting of a farm or home acquired pursuant to this article, the department, with respect to any vet
• § 987.64 — In the event of any conflict or difference between any provision of this article and the federal Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (P.
• § 987.65 — (a) The purchase price of a home, or the sum to be expended by the department pursuant to a contract for the construction of a dwelling house and other improvements, or the purchase price of a mobileh
• § 987.655 — For a mobilehome which is to be sited in a mobilehome park as defined in Section 18214 of the Health and Safety Code, the department shall charge a rate of interest higher than that which is charged t
• § 987.656 — A mobilehome which is purchased under this act shall not be moved from its original site to any other location, without first obtaining prior authorization from the department.
• § 987.67 — Except as set forth in regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 987.
• § 987.68 — The department, before consummating a purchase under the provisions of this article, shall cause the title of the property sought to be purchased to be examined and may require for that purpose an abs
• § 987.69 — (a) The department shall then enter into a contract with the veteran for the sale of the property to the veteran.
• § 987.71 — (a) The purchaser shall make an initial payment of at least 2 percent of the selling price of the property or a higher amount that shall be determined based upon the creditworthiness of the purchaser,
• § 987.72 — The provisions of Section 987.
• § 987.721 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 987.
• § 987.73 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department in each individual case may specify the terms of the contract entered into with the purchaser, but no property sold under this article shall,
• § 987.74 — (a) (1) All properties purchased by the department shall be covered by insurance.
• § 987.75 — (a) If the purchaser or, if applicable, the related stock corporation, fails or neglects to pay, satisfy, and discharge at maturity all taxes and assessments, and all other charges and encumbrances wh
• § 987.76 — Notwithstanding Section 6157 of the Government Code, the department shall be the sole judge of all of the following: (a) The legality or validity of taxes, assessments, charges, insurance premiums, gu
• § 987.77 — If a purchaser fails to comply with any of the terms of their contract of purchase, the department may cancel the contract, and be released from all obligations, at law or in equity, to convey the pro
• § 987.775 — Whenever the department proceeds under Section 987.
• § 987.78 — (a) In the event of a forfeiture of a contract of purchase under this article, the department may sell or otherwise dispose of the property covered by the forfeited contract to any person and upon any
• § 987.785 — Except as set forth in regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 987.
• § 987.79 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the department may, in the contract of purchase with a veteran, provide that, in the event of default by the veteran and forfeiture of their rights
• § 987.80 — (a) The department may insure and keep insured against fire or other hazards all buildings, fences, other permanent improvements, or crops situated upon any property which has reverted to and is under
• § 987.81 — If illness or accident prevents a purchaser of a farm from cultivating his farm or harvesting any crop, the department may enter and cultivate the farm or harvest the crop.
• § 987.82 — When a purchaser dies, indebted to the department under contract of purchase, his rights acquired under this article and such contract shall devolve upon his heirs, devisees, or personal representativ
• § 987.83 — For the purposes of carrying out the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974 the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts
• § 987.84 — Except as may otherwise be permitted by the department pursuant to regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 987.
• § 987.85 — (a) The department shall not acquire a home in which the veteran has an interest of record except in the following instances: (1) Where the application is for aid for the construction of a home upon r
• § 987.86 — (a) Any veteran for whom a farm or home is purchased under this article may be granted a subsequent opportunity to purchase another farm or home when the farm or home purchased under this article is s
• § 987.87 — (a) The department shall establish the actual interest rate to be paid.
• § 987.875 — Notwithstanding Section 987.
• § 987.88 — (a) In the event the department enters into a master agreement with one or more insurance companies to provide life or disability insurance coverage for the purchasers of farms and homes from the depa
• § 987.881 — The insurance company or companies may provide life and disability insurance pursuant to Section 987.
• § 987.89 — The action of a veteran purchaser for damages against any third party does not affect his right of action for all damages against any party other than the department.
• § 987.90 — For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974, there is hereby appropriated, and the department is hereby authorized to utilize the proceeds deriv
• § 987.91 — Pursuant to the provisions of Section 987.
• § 987.92 — Notwithstanding other provisions of this article relating to maximum sums to be expended by the department and maximum purchase price, the department may acquire or construct a home equipped with sola
• § 987.93 — Where the property consists of a cooperative dwelling unit: (a) The purchaser’s right to occupy the property under its contract with the department shall not be subject to consent or approval by the s
• § 988 — There is in the State Treasury a revolving fund known as the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943.