10 USC § 904 - Art. 104. Public records offenses

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title: "10 USC § 904 - Art. 104. Public records offenses"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "904"
section_name: "Art. 104. Public records offenses"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5415, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5415, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 904 was renumbered .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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