Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-47/section-887a.md
T
Fabio 00a184bb3c Legal corpus: U.S. Code titles 1–11 from pinned OLRC XML (11,050 sections)
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot ->
per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched.
LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 09:52:37 -04:00

58 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "10 U.S.C. § 887a"
description: "Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
chapter_number: "47"
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
section: "887a"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 887a"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc10@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s887a"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml"
source_hash: "d39fa1048061c35316759b6884ec22a2c24c8c3886113947058d782809264a70"
raw_snapshot_hash: "06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1"
text_hash: "84ede9ab0d6c9aba2f914a56cd23e5579d79e68ae7deca3284dd53a23855ae5d"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 10 U.S.C. § 887a - Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape
## Text
Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) resists apprehension;
(2) flees from apprehension;
(3) breaks arrest; or
(4) escapes from custody or confinement;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69, § 895; Pub. L. 104106, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 461; renumbered § 887a, Pub. L. 114328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 89550:689.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 95), 64 Stat. 136.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2016—Pub. L. 114328 renumbered section 895 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2016 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.