---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 909"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "909"
heading: "Art. 109. Property other than military property of United States—Waste, spoilage, or destruction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/909"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter X — Punitive Articles"
---

# §909. Art. 109. Property other than military property of United States—Waste, spoilage, or destruction


Any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) subject to this chapter who willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) property of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 909 | 50:703. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 109), 64 Stat. 139. |