---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7831"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7831"
heading: "Custody of departmental records and property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7831"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 783 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §7831. Custody of departmental records and property


The [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army has custody and charge of all books, records, papers, furniture, fixtures, and other property under the lawful control of the [executive part of the Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-7) of the Army.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 272, § 4831; renumbered § 7831, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 4831 | 5:191. | R.S. 217. |

The words “under the lawful control of the executive part of the Department of the Army” are substituted for the words “appertaining to the Department”.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4831 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.