10 USC § 9239 - Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s9239"
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title: "10 USC § 9239 - Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9239"
section_name: "Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants"
chapter_number: 929
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
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. 533, § 8639; renumbered § 9239, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(8), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.)"
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# § 9239. Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants

No officer of the Air Force or the Space Force may use an enlisted member of the Air Force or the Space Force as a servant.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 533, § 8639; renumbered § 9239, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(8), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8639 | 10:608. | R.S. 1232. |

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

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— inserted “or the Space Force” after “Air Force” in two places.

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 .