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title: "10 U.S.C. § 1042"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 1042 - Copy of certificate of service

## Text

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.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 104231:483b.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.