---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2785"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2785"
heading: "Remittance addresses: regulation of alterations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2785"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 165 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §2785. Remittance addresses: regulation of alterations


The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, acting through the Under [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense (Comptroller), shall prescribe regulations setting forth controls on alteration of remittance addresses. Those regulations shall ensure that—

- (1) a remittance address for a disbursement that is provided by an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense authorizing or requesting the disbursement is not altered by any [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employee of the [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) authorized to prepare the disbursement; and
- (2) a remittance address for a disbursement is altered only if the alteration—
  - (A) is requested by the [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) to whom the disbursement is authorized to be remitted; and
  - (B) is made by an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employee authorized to do so who is not an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employee referred to in [paragraph (1)](#1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 933(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 729.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 933(b)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 730, provided that: “Regulations under section 2785 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be prescribed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1999].”