10 USC § 7239 - Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7239"
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title: "10 USC § 7239 - Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7239"
section_name: "Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants"
chapter_number: 729
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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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. 208, § 3639; renumbered § 7239, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7239. Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants

No officer of the Army may use an enlisted member of the Army as a servant.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 208, § 3639; renumbered § 7239, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3639 | 10:608. | R.S. 1232. |

The words “in any case whatever” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### 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 .