---
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"
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 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”.