Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
10 U.S.C. 1042: Copy of certificate of serviceText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESCHAPTER 53-MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Jump To: Source CreditHistorical and Revision Notes

§1042. Copy of certificate of service

A fee for a copy of a certificate showing service in the armed forces may not be charged to⁠—

(1)  a person discharged or released from the armed forces honorably or under honorable conditions;

(2)  the next of kin of the person; or

(3)  a legal representative of the person.

(Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(2)(B) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1052 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

1042

31:483b.

June 19, 1956, ch. 409, 70 Stat. 297.

The words “armed forces” are substituted for “Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard” because of 10:101(4). The words “honorably or” are added for consistency with 10:1040.