section 4309 of this titleNo return may be made pursuant to section 4309 or 4329 of this title unless notice of claim has been filed: (a) in the case of any property or interest acquired by the United States prior to , by ; or (b) in the case of any property or interest acquired by the United States on or after , not later than one year from , or two years from the vesting of the property or interest in respect of which the claim is made, whichever is later. No suit pursuant to may be instituted after , or after the expiration of two years from the date of the seizure by or vesting in the Alien Property Custodian, as the case may be, of the property or interest in respect of which relief is sought, whichever is later, but in computing such two years there shall be excluded any period during which there was pending a suit or claim for return pursuant to section 4309 or 4329(a) of this title.
Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 33Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 878, § 160 Stat. 925Aug. 5, 1947, ch. 499, § 361 Stat. 786July 1, 1948, ch. 79462 Stat. 1218Feb. 9, 1954, ch. 468 Stat. 7Aug. 23, 1954, ch. 830, § 268 Stat. 768Pub. L. 87–846, title II, § 204(b)76 Stat. 1115(, as added , title III, § 305, as added , ; amended , ; , ; , ; , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 33 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior to classification as section 33, section was formerly classified to section 620 of the former Appendix to this title.
Amendments
Pub. L. 87–846section 4329(h) of this title1962— struck out before period at end of first sentence “; except that return may be made to successor organizations designated pursuant to if notice of claim is filed before the expiration of one year from the effective date of this Act”.
section 4329(h) of this title1954—Act , inserted before period at end of first sentence “; except that return may be made to successor organizations designated pursuant to if notice of claim is filed before the expiration of one year from the effective date of this Act”.
Act , substituted “not later than one year from ” for “by ” in first sentence.
1948—Act , amended section generally, extending time for filing claims under section 4309 or 4329 of this title.
1947—Act , provided that notice of certain claims could be filed by , or that Italian notice of claim could be filed by .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
61 Stat. 951Functions vested by law in Alien Property Custodian and Office of Alien Property Custodian transferred to Attorney General by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, § 101, eff. , 12 F.R. 4534, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.