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10 USC § 890 - Art. 90. Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s890"
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title: "10 USC § 890 - Art. 90. Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "890"
section_name: "Art. 90. Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5409, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2942.)"
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# § 890. Art. 90. Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer

Any person subject to this chapter who willfully disobeys a lawful command of that person’s superior commissioned officer shall be punished—

**(1)** if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and

**(2)** if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5409, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2942.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 890 | 50:684. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 90), 64 Stat. 135. |

The word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offense of assaulting or willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer. See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment by  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 .