---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14309"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "14309"
heading: "Acceptance of promotion; oath of office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/14309"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part III — Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List"
  - "Chapter 1405 — Promotions"
---

# §14309. Acceptance of promotion; oath of office

- (a) **Acceptance.—** An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) who is appointed to a higher [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) under this chapter shall be considered to have accepted the appointment on the date on which the appointment is made unless the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) expressly declines the appointment or is granted a delay of promotion under [section 14312 of this title](/usc/10/14312.md).
- (b) **Oath.—** An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in [section 3331 of title 5](/usc/5/3331.md) is not required to take a new oath upon appointment to a higher [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2938.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3394 and 8394 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(1), (c)(1).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.