10 USC § 7225 - Rank: warrant officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7225"
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title: "10 USC § 7225 - Rank: warrant officers"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7225"
section_name: "Rank: warrant officers"
chapter_number: 725
chapter_name: "RANK AND COMMAND"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575; renumbered § 7225, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7225. Rank: warrant officers

Warrant officers rank next below second lieutenants and rank among themselves within each warrant officer grade under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575; renumbered § 7225, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3575 | 10:593 (less 1st sentence). | Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 384, § 4 (less 1st sentence), 55 Stat. 653; May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(e), 68 Stat. 167. |

10:593 (2d sentence) is omitted as executed. The words “within each warrant officer grade” are inserted for clarity, since  covers rank between warrant officers in different warrant officer grades.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7225 to 7228 were renumbered sections 8625 to 8628 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .