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§921 Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Makes it a crime for anyone covered by this chapter to take or keep another person’s money, personal property, or anything valuable without permission. There are two offenses: larceny, when the person intends to keep the item permanently, and wrongful appropriation, when the person intends to deprive the owner only temporarily. If convicted, a court-martial decides the punishment.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §921

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(a)Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind—

(1)with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or

(2)with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.

(b)Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 921(a)921(b)50:715(a).50:715(b).May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 121), 64 Stat. 140. In subsection (a), the words “whatever” and “true” are omitted as surplusage. The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same” in clauses (1) and (2).

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 921

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73