---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 817"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "817"
heading: "Art. 17. Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/817"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter IV — Court-Martial Jurisdiction"
---

# §817. Art. 17. Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general

- (a) Each armed force has court-martial jurisdiction over all [persons](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) subject to this chapter. The exercise of jurisdiction by one armed force over personnel of another armed force shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President.
- (b) In all cases, departmental review after that by the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) with authority to convene a general court-martial for the command which held the trial, where that review is required under this chapter, shall be carried out by the [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) that [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) the armed force of which the accused is a member.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 43.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 817(a)<br>817(b) | 50:577(a).<br>50:577(b). | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 17), 64 Stat. 114. |

In subsection (a), the word “has” is substituted for the words “shall have”.

In subsection (b), the word “after” is substituted for the words “subsequent to”. The words “the provisions of” are omitted as surplusage. The words “department that includes the” are inserted before the words “armed force”, since the review is carried out by the department and not by the armed force.