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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§814 Art. 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 47— - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT › § 814

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Under rules the Secretary in charge sets, a service member accused of a civilian crime can be handed over to civilian authorities for trial if those authorities ask for the person. If someone is already serving a military sentence and is handed to civilian authorities and then convicted there, the military punishment is paused. After the civilian case, the military can ask for the person back to finish the military sentence.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §814

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, a member of the armed forces accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial.
(b)When delivery under this article is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender after having answered to the civil authorities for his offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his sentence.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 814(a)814(b)50:568(a).50:568(b).May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 14), 64 Stat. 112. In subsection (a), the words “Secretary concerned” are substituted for the words “Secretary of the Department”. In subsection (b), the word “interrupts” is substituted for the words “shall be held to interrupt”. The word “his” is substituted for the words “the said court-martial”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

for Delivery of Military Personnel to Civil Authorities When Charged With Certain Offenses Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, § 721, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2001, directed the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the Secretaries of the military departments had issued uniform

Regulations

pursuant to this section not later than 90 days after Sept. 29, 1988, and to transmit to committees of Congress a copy of such

Regulations

and any recommendations for additional legislation not later than 120 days after Sept. 29, 1988.

Reference

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 814

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73