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14 USC § 2105 - Rank of warrant officers 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2105"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2105 - Rank of warrant officers"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2105"
section_name: "Rank of warrant officers"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 541(e)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2766, § 215; renumbered § 2105, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)"
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# § 2105. Rank of warrant officers

**(a)** Among warrant officer grades, warrant officers of a higher numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower numerical designation.

**(b)** Warrant officers shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in the Coast Guard in such grade. Precedence among warrant officers of the same grade who have the same date of commission shall be determined by regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 541(e)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2766, § 215; renumbered § 2105, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the fourth month beginning after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under , Armed Forces.