10 USC § 8869 - Security for costs

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title: "10 USC § 8869 - Security for costs"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8869"
section_name: "Security for costs"
chapter_number: 883
chapter_name: "PRIZE"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 480, § 7669; renumbered § 8869, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8869. Security for costs

The court may require any party to give security for costs at any stage of the cause and upon filing an appeal.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 480, § 7669; renumbered § 8869, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7669 | 34 U.S.C. 1148. | R.S. 4638. |

The word “filing” is substituted for the word “claiming”.

## 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 .