---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9839"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9839"
heading: "Settlement of accounts: oaths"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9839"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 983 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §9839. Settlement of accounts: oaths


The [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force may detail any employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Air Force to administer oaths required by law in the settlement of an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s accounts for clothing and other military [supplies](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-14). An oath administered under this section shall be without expense to the [person](/usc/10/9511.md?p=1) to whom it is administered.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 595.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9839 | 10:1303. | R.S. 225 (1st sentence). |

The words “and other military supplies” are substituted for the words “camp and garrison equipage, quartermaster’s stores, and ordnance” to conform to section 9838 of this title. The words “person to whom administered” are substituted for the words “parties taking them.” The words “for the purpose of” are omitted as surplusage.