Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§7839 Settlement of accounts: oaths
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 783— - ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY › § 7839
Summary
The Secretary of the Army can assign any Army employee to give the sworn statements that the law requires when an officer settles accounts for clothing and other military supplies. Those sworn statements must be given at no cost to the person taking them.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7839
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The Secretary of the Army may detail any employee of the Department of the Army to administer oaths required by law in the settlement of an officer’s accounts for clothing and other military supplies. An oath administered under this section shall be without expense to the person to whom it is administered.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 483910:1303.R.S. 225 (1st sentence). The words “and other military supplies” are substituted for the words “camp and garrison equipage, quartermaster’s stores, and ordnance” to conform to section 4838 of this title. The words “person to whom administered” are substituted for the words “parties taking them”. The words “for the purpose of” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4839 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7839
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73