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10 U.S.C. 921: Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriationText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESCHAPTER 47-UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

§921. Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

(a)  Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind⁠—

(1)  with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or

(2)  with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.

(b)  Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 73 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

921(a)

921(b)

50:715(a).

50:715(b).

May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 121), 64 Stat. 140.

In subsection (a), the words “whatever” and “true” are omitted as surplusage. The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same” in clauses (1) and (2).