Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 904

Art. 104. Public records offenses

Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully and unlawfully—
(1)
alters, conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys a public record; or
(2)
takes a public record with the intent to alter, conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy the public record;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5415130 Stat. 2944(Added , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 903b of this titleA prior section 904 was renumbered .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328section 801 of this titleSection effective on , as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under .