---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9831"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9831"
heading: "Custody of departmental records and property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9831"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 983 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §9831. Custody of departmental records and property


The [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force 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 Air Force.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 593.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9831 | 5:191. | R.S. 217. |

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