10 U.S.C. § 907
Section 907 · Art. 107. False official statements
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 314 court decisions — leading case United States v. Davenport (1980)
Most recently applied in Christopher Code v. Ryan McCarthy (May 2020)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 10 U.S.C. § 866 · 10 U.S.C. § 934 · 10 U.S.C. § 859
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) False Official Statements.—Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive—
(1) signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false; or
(2) makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) False Swearing.—Any person subject to this chapter—
(1) who takes an oath that—
(A) is administered in a matter in which such oath is required or authorized by law; and
(B) is administered by a person with authority to do so; and
(2) who, upon such oath, makes or subscribes to a statement;
if the statement is false and at the time of taking the oath, the person does not believe the statement to be true, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The word "it" is substituted for the words "the same".
Amendments
2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."
Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.