10 USC § 9218 - Duties: warrant officers; limitations

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title: "10 USC § 9218 - Duties: warrant officers; limitations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9218"
section_name: "Duties: warrant officers; limitations"
chapter_number: 923
chapter_name: "SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 528, § 8548; renumbered § 9218, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)"
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# § 9218. Duties: warrant officers; limitations

Under regulations prescribed by the President, a warrant officer may be assigned to perform duties that necessarily include those normally performed by a commissioned officer.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 528, § 8548; renumbered § 9218, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8548 | 10:593 (1st sentence). | Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 384, § 4 (1st sentence), 55 Stat. 653. |

10:593 (1st sentence, less provisos) is omitted as superseded by . 10:593 (last proviso) is omitted as covered by  (article 136(a)(4) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The words “may be assigned” are substituted for the words “shall be vested with power to”.

## 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 .