14 USC § 2123 - Promotions; acceptance; oath of office

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title: "14 USC § 2123 - Promotions; acceptance; oath of office"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2123"
section_name: "Promotions; acceptance; oath of office"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 182, § 273; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(20), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2520; renumbered § 2123 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)"
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# § 2123. Promotions; acceptance; oath of office

**(a)** An officer who receives an appointment under section 2121 of this title is considered to have accepted his appointment on its effective date, unless he expressly declines the appointment.

**(b)** An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to take a new oath upon his appointment in a higher grade.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 182, § 273; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(20), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2520; renumbered § 2123 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , substituted “section 2121” for “section 271”.

1976—Subsec. (b).  substituted reference to  for reference to .