GenerallyThe SSCRA confers many important rights upon military personnel, especially Reserve component personnel called toactive duty. On 19 December 2003, President Bush signed the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA), a comprehensiverewrite of the SSCRA. The SCRA continues the protections included in the SSCRA and adds several important newprotections. The following articles deal with the SSCRA and SCRA.

  • *No. 066 Letter to the Department of Justice About the SSCRA. March-April 2003.
  • No. 092 Going on the Offensive Using Section 590 of the SSCRA. October 2003.
  • No. 116 Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act
  • No. 09047 Improve The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
  • No. 10085 Improve the SCRA: Progress Made and What Remains To Be Done
  • No. 12045 Waiver of Rights Under SCRA
  • No. 12046 Should We Tell the Employers Now or Wait?
  • No. 12116 Contractor Employees in Afghanistan Are Not Protected by the SCRA or USERRA
  • No. 13030 Important Recent Case on the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
  • No. 13121 Maintaining Domicile and Avoiding State Income Tax while on National Guard AGR Tour
  • No. 13152 The Service Members Civil Relief Act Does Not Bar all Lawsuits Against Active Duty Service Members
  • No. 13158 Why are Service Members Treated Differently?
  • No. 14008 SCRA and Disability Income Replacement Insurance
  • No. 15061 The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act only Protects Service Members
  • No. 15115 The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Has Moved
  • No. 16019 Does Army National Guard Recruit Have Right to Get out of Apartment Lease?
  • No. 16038 Pension Rights in a Defined Contribution Plan
  • No. 16062 Waiver Provisions in the SCRA and USERRA
  • No. 17036 USERRA and SCRA Coverage for National Guard Members Serving on “Full Time National Guard Duty”
  • No. 17055 Don’t Carp about “Burdens” that Military Personnel Impose on the Rest of us
  • No. 17059 Person Entering Military Service Has the Right To Terminate an Apartment Lease
  • No. 17072 The Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Does Not Apply to National Guard Members on Full-time National Guard Duty, but such Members May Have SCRA-type Rights under State Law.
  • No. 17108 School Principal and School District Violate SCRA in their Treatment of Deployed Service Member regarding School Registration
  • No. 17124 The SCRA and the Active Duty Service Member—Full-Time National Guard Duty Is Not Active Duty
  • No. 17125 SCRA Coverage for National Guard Members on Title 32 Duty
  • No. 19014 Small Sacrifices from all Will Make the All-Volunteer Military Work
  • No. 19028 The SCRA Forbids Non-Judicial Foreclosure of the Personal or Real Property of the Active Duty Service Member
  • No. 20037 USERRA Coverage of National Guard Members
  • No. 20048 Do NOAA Corps Officers and PHS Corps Officers Have Rights as Service Members and Veterans?
  • No. 20055 The SCRA Protects you from Having To Pay Personal Property Tax on the Vehicle that you Own, But Not a Vehicle you Lease
  • No. 22031 The Fact that the Client Was Doing Business in Corporate Form Does Not Defeat her SCRA Rights.
  • No. 23016 Unfair Loan Interest Charged Against Service Members: Act Before it’s Too Late
  • No. 23019 Military Spouses can Transfer Professional Licenses or Certificates During Military Moves (except lawyers)

4.1 Right to Interest Rate Reduction upon Mobilization

  • No. 001 Cathey v. Bancorp South: David Beats Goliath in Federal Court. October 2001.
  • No. 045 USERRA and SSCRA Coverage for National Guard Members. June 2002
  • No. 112 Interest Rate Cap After Mobilization
  • No. 0638 Interest Rate Reduction to 6 Percent After Mobilization
  • No. 11014 Student Loans Are Now Subject to SCRA 6% Interest Rate Cap
  • No. 11048 The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Foreclosure
  • No. 12110 SCRA as Solution to Problem of Student Loan Debt for Service Members—Not so Fast
  • No. 13052 The SCRA and the “Collection Fee” on my College Tuition
  • No. 13158 Why are Service Members Treated Differently?
  • No. 13168 Interest Rate Reduction upon Mobilization
  • No. 14025 SCRA Interest Rate Reduction Does Not Mean Taxable Incom
  • No. 15109 Amend the SCRA To Preclude Predispute Binding Arbitration Clauses
  • No. 16062 Waiver Provisions in the SCRA and USERRA
  • No. 17059 Person Entering Military Service Has the Right To Terminate an Apartment Lease
  • No. 17072 The Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Does Not Apply to National Guard Members on Full-time National Guard Duty, but such Members May Have SCRA-type Rights under State Law.
  • No. 17102 USERRA and the SCRA for the Military Recruiter
  • No. 18103 USERRA, the SCRA, and Military Recruiting
  • No. 20044 Yes, the SCRA Applies to you while you Attend Coast Guard A School
  • No. 21010 The Right to Interest Rate Reduction on Debts Applies to Debts you Incurred Before you Entered Active Duty
  • No. 23001 USERRA, the SCRA, and Military Recruiting
  • No. 23016 Unfair Loan Interest Charged Against Service Members: Act Before it’s Too Late