---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9840"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9840"
heading: "Final settlement of officer’s accounts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9840"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 983 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §9840. Final settlement of officer’s accounts


Before final payment upon discharge may be made to an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Air Force or the Space Force who has been accountable or responsible for public property, the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) must obtain a certificate of nonindebtedness to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) from each [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) to whom the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) was accountable or responsible for property. The [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) must also make an affidavit, certified by the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s commanding [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) to be correct, that the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) is not accountable or responsible for property to any other [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1). An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) who has not been responsible for public property must make an affidavit of that fact, certified by the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s commanding [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1). Compliance with this section warrants the final payment of the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) concerned.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 595; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(23), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3819; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(37), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1922.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9840 | 10:878. | Jan. 12, 1899, ch. 46, § 2, 30 Stat. 784. |

The words “Before final payment upon discharge may be made” are substituted for the words “shall warrant their final payment”. The words “at any time” are omitted as surplusage. The word “must” is substituted for the words “shall be required * * * to”. The words “He must also make” are substituted for the words “accompanied by”. The words “from each officer to whom he was accountable or responsible for property” are substituted for the words “from only such of the bureaus of the Department of the Army to which the property for which they were accountable or responsible pertains”, since the Air Force does not have organic bureaus created by statute. The words “that he is not accountable or responsible for property to any other officer” are substituted for the words “accompanied by the affidavits of officers, of nonaccountability, or nonresponsibility to other bureaus of the Department of the Army” for the same reason. The reference to certificates from the General Accounting Office is omitted as obsolete. The last sentence is substituted for 10:878 (last 18 words). The last proviso of section 2 of the Act of January 12, 1899, ch. 46, 30 Stat. 784, is not contained in 10:878. It is also omitted from the revised section, since it related to authority of mustering officers to administer oaths, and the general authority to administer oaths is now contained in section 936 of this title (article 136 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81 substituted “The officer must” for “He must”.

Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Space Force” after “Air Force” and substituted “the officer” for “he” wherever appearing and “the officer’s” for “his” in two places.