---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1523"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1523"
heading: "Posthumous commissions and warrants: effect on pay and allowances"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1523"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 77 — Posthumous Commissions and Warrants"
---

# §1523. Posthumous commissions and warrants: effect on pay and allowances


No [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15), or allowance because of a posthumous commission or warrant.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 116.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1523 | 10:491d.<br>34:285f. | July 28, 1942, ch. 528, § 6, 56 Stat. 723; July 17, 1953, ch. 220, § 1(e) (1st 7 words), 67 Stat. 177. |

The word “receive” is omitted as surplusage. The words “because of a posthumous commission or warrant” are substituted for the words “by virtue of any provision of sections 491a–491d [285b–285d] and 612 [285e] of this title”, in 10:491d and 34:285f.