---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 5602"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "5602"
heading: "Tenure of office of Sergeant at Arms"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/5602"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Sergeant at Arms"
---

# §5602. Tenure of office of Sergeant at Arms


Any person duly elected and qualified as [Sergeant at Arms](/usc/2/6621.md?p=1) of the House of Representatives shall continue in said office until his successor is chosen and qualified, subject however, to removal by the House of Representatives.


## Source credit

(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 6, 26 Stat. 646.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 83 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.