10 U.S.C. § 771

Unauthorized wearing prohibited

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Except as otherwise provided by law, no person except a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, may wear—(1) the uniform, or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force; or(2) a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(N), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
771	10:1393 (1st par., less provisos).	June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 125 (1st par., less provisos), 39 Stat. 216.

The words “Except as otherwise provided by law” are inserted to give effect to exceptions in other revised sections of this title and to provisions of other laws giving such organizations as the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Public Health Service permission to wear military uniforms under certain conditions.

Editorial NotesAmendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, or Space Force” for “or Marine Corps” wherever appearing.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1971–2012 · leading case: Forgey v. State, 886 N.E.2d 16 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008).

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Forgey v. State, 886 N.E.2d 16 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Further, had the trial court allowed Forgey to wear his uniform at trial, it would have been a violation of federal law, specifically 10 U.S.C.A. § 771 . Under 10 U.S.C.A. § 771 , “Except as otherwise provided by law, no person except a member of the .”

Am. Fed'n of Gov't Employees v. Sec'y of the Air Force, 841 F. Supp. 2d 233 (D.D.C. 2012). “The three-count Complaint challenges the 2007 changes requiring ARTs to wear military uniforms when serving in their civilian capacity on the basis that the Secretary’s regulations are (1) arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.”

Hoskin v. Resor, 324 F. Supp. 271 (D.D.C. 1971). “See Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War, American Expeditionary Forces, Vol.”

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