§929 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Anyone under this military code who breaks into someone else’s building or structure intending to commit a crime can be punished by a court-martial. It is also illegal for such a person to enter without permission another person’s land or any personal property that is like a home or storage building.

Title 10, §929

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to commit an offense under this chapter, breaks and enters the building or structure of another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b)Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully enters—

(1)the real property of another; or

(2)the personal property of another which amounts to a structure usually used for habitation or storage;

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 92950:723.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 129), 64 Stat. 142.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to commit an offense punishable under section 918–928 of this title (articles 118–128), breaks and enters, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of another, is guilty of burglary and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2016 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing

Regulations

and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

§929 Art. 129. Burglary; unlawful entry