---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 10214"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "10214"
heading: "Adjutants general and assistant adjutants general: reference to other officers of National Guard"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/10214"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part I — Organization and Administration"
  - "Chapter 1007 — Administration of Reserve Components"
---

# §10214. Adjutants general and assistant adjutants general: reference to other officers of National Guard


In any case in which, under the laws of a [State](/usc/10/18232.md?p=1), an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1) of that jurisdiction, other than the adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general, normally performs the duties of that office, the references in sections [12004(b)(1)](/usc/10/12004.md?p=b-1), [12215](/usc/10/12215.md), [12642(c)](/usc/10/12642.md?p=c), [14507(b)](/usc/10/14507.md?p=b), [14508(h)](/usc/10/14508.md?p=h), and [14512](/usc/10/14512.md) of this title to the adjutant general or the assistant adjutant general shall be applied to that [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) instead of to the adjutant general or assistant adjutant general.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2979; amended Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, § 1075(b)(51), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4371.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 281 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).

### Amendments

2011—Pub. L. 111–383 substituted “14508(h)” for “14508(e)”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.