SCRA

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SCRA is a U.S. federal law that provides active-duty servicemembers with various legal and financial protections, such as limits on interest rates and safeguards against foreclosure and eviction.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SCRA canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
appliesTo National Guard members on qualifying active duty ⓘ
active-duty servicemembers ⓘ
certain reservists ⓘ
beneficiary servicemember dependents in certain provisions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defaultJudgmentProtection allows stay of proceedings when military service materially affects ability to appear ⓘ
requires courts to determine military status before entering default judgment ⓘ
effectiveIn civil courts ⓘ
federal courts ⓘ
state courts ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
state attorneys general in some contexts ⓘ
evictionProtection limits eviction of servicemembers and dependents from primary residence ⓘ
requires court order for certain evictions ⓘ
foreclosureProtection restricts nonjudicial foreclosure during active duty and a specified period after ⓘ
hasProvision interest rate cap on certain pre-service obligations ⓘ
protection against termination of certain utility services ⓘ
protection regarding storage and towing of vehicles ⓘ
protections against default judgments ⓘ
protections against eviction ⓘ
protections against foreclosure ⓘ
protections regarding enforcement of storage liens ⓘ
protections regarding income tax collection ⓘ
protections regarding installment contracts ⓘ
protections regarding lease termination ⓘ
protections regarding life insurance ⓘ
stay of certain civil proceedings ⓘ
tolling of statutes of limitations during military service ⓘ
interestRateCap 6 percent per year on certain pre-service debts ⓘ
interestRateCapAppliesTo pre-service credit card obligations ⓘ
pre-service loans ⓘ
pre-service mortgages ⓘ
leaseProvision allows termination of motor vehicle leases under specified conditions ⓘ
allows termination of residential leases upon entering qualifying military service ⓘ
provides financial protections for servicemembers ⓘ
legal protections for servicemembers ⓘ
purpose to enable servicemembers to devote full attention to duty without adverse civil consequences ⓘ
replaced Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 ⓘ
shortName SCRA ⓘ
subjectMatter civil judicial proceedings ⓘ
consumer credit ⓘ
default judgments ⓘ
evictions ⓘ
foreclosures ⓘ
installment contracts ⓘ
leases ⓘ
mortgages ⓘ
taxes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act → shortName → SCRA ⓘ
subject linked to: SCRA