{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-909a","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 909a","heading":"Art. 109a. Mail matter: wrongful taking, opening, etc.","body":"(a) Taking.—Any person subject to this chapter who, with the intent to obstruct the correspondence of, or to pry into the business or secrets of, any person or organization, wrongfully takes mail matter before the mail matter is delivered to or received by the addressee shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Opening, Secreting, Destroying, Stealing.—Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully opens, secretes, destroys, or steals mail matter before the mail matter is delivered to or received by the addressee shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 47—UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"64ef840b5b5d405f40d033db41a2db54d642e4e0668431c60667568e1374654f","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-909","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}