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legal/us/code/title-40/chapter-5/section-527.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "40 U.S.C. § 527"
+description: "Abandonment, destruction, or donation of property"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 40
+title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
+chapter_number: "5"
+chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
+section: "527"
+citation: "40 U.S.C. § 527"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc40@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s527"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 40 U.S.C. § 527 - Abandonment, destruction, or donation of property
+
+## Text
+
+The Administrator of General Services may authorize the abandonment or destruction of property, or the donation of property to a public body, if—
+
+(1) the property has no commercial value; or
+
+(2) the estimated cost of continued care and handling exceeds the estimated proceeds from sale.
+
+(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1086.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 52740:483(h).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 202(h), 63 Stat. 385.