10 U.S.C. § 908
Section 908 · Art. 108. Military property of United States - Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 150 court decisions — leading case Parker v. Levy (1974)
Most recently applied in United States v. Jeter (July 2015)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 10 U.S.C. § 921 · 10 U.S.C. § 866 · 10 U.S.C. § 934
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment and consequential amendments — watch for a citation surge after a change. 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.
Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority—
(1) sells or otherwise disposes of;
(2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or
(3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of;
any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Cross References
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
Federal offenses—
Government property, malicious mischief, see section 1361 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Public money, property or records, embezzlement and theft, see section 641 of Title 18.
Purchase of veterans’ or armed forces’ facilities property, fraud and false statements, see section 1024 of Title 18.
Individual equipment, unauthorized disposition, see sections 4836, 9836 of this title.
Statute of limitations, see section 843 of this title.