§ 702
Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service
Up to 6 months
Government & Corruption
None sentenced (FY2025)
Ch. 33 · Emblems, Insignia, and Names
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever, in any place within the jurisdiction of the United States or in the Canal Zone, without authority, wears the uniform or a distinctive part thereof or anything similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States, Public Health Service or any auxiliary of such, shall be or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 732 (PDF, 39 MB); May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §15(a), 63 Stat. 91 (PDF, 5.2 MB); Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146 (PDF, 52 MB).)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to wear, without permission, the uniform of the U.S. armed forces or Public Health Service, or a distinctive part of it or something similar.