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10 USC § 915 - Art. 115. Communicating threats 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s915"
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title: "10 USC § 915 - Art. 115. Communicating threats"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "915"
section_name: "Art. 115. Communicating threats"
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. 72; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5427, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2948.)"
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# § 915. Art. 115. Communicating threats

**(a)** **Communicating Threats Generally.—** Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(b)** **Communicating Threat to Use Explosive, etc.—** Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of (1) an explosive, (2) a weapon of mass destruction, (3) a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or (4) a hazardous material, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(c)** **Communicating False Threat Concerning Use of Explosive, etc.—** Any person subject to this chapter who maliciously communicates a false threat concerning injury to the person or property of another by use of (1) an explosive, (2) a weapon of mass destruction, (3) a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or (4) a hazardous material, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “false threat” means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5427, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2948.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 915 | 50:709. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 115), 64 Stat. 139. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offense of malingering. 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 .