2025 Session
Last amended: 2002 session
§ 192A.51 — Improper Use of Countersign
Plain-Language Summary
Punishes anyone who gives away military passwords or countersigns to unauthorized people during wartime.
192A.51 IMPROPER USE OF COUNTERSIGN.
Any person subject to this code who, during a time when the state military forces are engaged with the enemy, discloses the parole or countersign or code word to any person not entitled to receive it, or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to that person’s knowledge, the person was authorized and required to give, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
History:
1963 c 661 s 192A.51; 1986 c 444; 2002 c 308 s 46
History: History: 1963 c 661 s 192A.51; 1986 c 444; 2002 c 308 s 46
Practical Notes
Sharing secret military passwords or codes with unauthorized people during conflict is a serious offense.