Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2105 Rank of Warrant Officers
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 21 — PERSONNEL; OFFICERS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION › § 2105
Summary
Higher-numbered warrant officer grades outrank lower-numbered ones. Within the same grade, the person with the earlier commission date in that grade is senior; if dates are the same, the Secretary's rules decide.
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Title 14, §2105
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(a)Among warrant officer grades, warrant officers of a higher numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower numerical designation.
(b)Warrant officers shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in the Coast Guard in such grade. Precedence among warrant officers of the same grade who have the same date of commission shall be determined by regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 215 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the fourth month beginning after Oct. 5, 1994, see section 541(h) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1994 Amendment note under section 571 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2105
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102