Servicemembers and Veterans Legal Protections Act of 2004

Summary

Servicemembers Legal Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to define "judgment" for purposes of that Act as any judgment, decree, order, or ruling, whether final or temporary. Requires written waivers of rights and protections provided by the SCRA to be executed as separate instruments and in 12 point type. Extends to plaintiffs the same right to request stays of civil proceedings as is granted to defendants under the SCRA. States that a servicemember's termination of a residential or motor vehicle lease shall terminate any obligation of the servicemember's dependents under such lease. Specifies that motor vehicle lease termination provisions apply to servicemembers who receive military orders: (1) for a permanent change of station from a location in the continental United States to a location outside the continental United States or from a location in a State outside the continental United States to any location outside that State; or (2) to deploy with a military unit or as an individual in support of a military operation for not less than 180 days. Prohibits tax jurisdictions from imposing use, excise, or similar taxes on the personal property of nonresident servicemembers absent a credit for such taxes paid on the same property in another tax jurisdiction.

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• Received in Senate (text)

  Received in Senate · EN · 7 October 2004

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• Received in Senate (PDF)

  Received in Senate · EN · 7 October 2004

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 7 October 2004

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 7 October 2004

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 7 October 2004

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 13 September 2004

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 13 September 2004

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 June 2004

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 June 2004

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 June 2004

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