---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2574"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2574"
heading: "Armament: sale of individual pieces"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2574"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 153 — Exchange of Material and Disposal of Obsolete, Surplus, or Unclaimed Property"
---

# §2574. Armament: sale of individual pieces


A piece of armament that can be advantageously replaced, and that is not needed for its historical value, may be sold by the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) having jurisdiction over it for not less than cost, if the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) considers that there are adequate sentimental reasons for the sale.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 144.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 2574 | 10:1262b.<br>34:545.<br>50:69. | Mar. 2, 1905, ch. 1307 (last 55 words of last par. under “Ordnance Department”), 33 Stat. 841. |

The words “by the military department having jurisdiction over it” are inserted for clarity. The words “if the Secretary concerned considers” are substituted for the words “when there exist * * * in the judgment of the Secretary”.