Certification & Eligibility

Unconditional Ownership

Ownership not subject to conditions precedent, executory agreements, or arrangements that limit the veteran owner's rights.

Unconditional ownership means the service-disabled veteran's ownership is not subject to any conditions, executory agreements, voting trusts, or other arrangements that cause or potentially cause ownership to be shared or to revert to a non-veteran. The veteran must own at least 51% of all classes of voting stock and of the aggregate of outstanding shares, and must enjoy all the customary incidents of ownership (e.g., receiving the highest distribution of profits). Buy-sell provisions triggered only by death, incapacity, or voluntary withdrawal generally do not defeat unconditional ownership.

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