10 USC § 8451 - Location

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8451"
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title: "10 USC § 8451 - Location"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8451"
section_name: "Location"
chapter_number: 853
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 428, § 6951; renumbered § 8451, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8451. Location

The United States Naval Academy shall be located at Annapolis, Maryland.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 428, § 6951; renumbered § 8451, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6951 | 34 U.S.C. 1021. | R.S. 1511. |

The words “United States” are inserted before the words “Naval Academy” to state the full title. The word “established” is omitted as executed. The words “in the State of” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8451, , , provided that an officer who is promoted to a temporary grade is considered to have accepted his promotion on date of order announcing it, unless he expressly declines promotion, prior to repeal by , , , effective .

### 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 .