California Code
PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA
CHAPTER 3 - The National Guard

ARTICLE 1 - Membership

Section 210. - 210. The National Guard consists of: (a) General officers. (b)...

Section 211. - 211. The Governor may alter, divide, annex, consolidate, disband, or...

Section 212. - 212. The inactive National Guard shall consist of those organizations,...

Section 213. - 213. Members of the California National Guard who have reverted...

Section 214. - 214. During the absence of organizations of the National Guard...

Section 215. - 215. For all purposes under this code, commissioned officers, warrant...

Section 216. - 216. Former members of the National Guard who have been...

Section 217. - 217. The California National Guard shall inform its members that...

ARTICLE 2 - Officers

Section 220. - 220. All officers shall be commissioned by the Governor. All...

Section 221. - 221. All officers duly commissioned shall take the oath of...

Section 222. - 222. Persons to be commissioned in the National Guard shall...

Section 223. - 223. All officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons of the...

Section 224. - 224. Rank: How Determined. All officers of the National Guard...

Section 225. - 225. Warrant officers of the National Guard shall be appointed...

Section 226. - 226. Every officer shall provide himself with the arms, uniforms,...

Section 227. - 227. When an officer of the National Guard is sixty-four...

Section 228. - 228. (a) A commissioned or warrant officer of the California...

Section 229. - 229. When a board of officers finds that an officer...

Section 230. - 230. The Governor may detail, with their own consent, officers...

Section 231. - 231. The provisions of sections 232 to 237, inclusive, shall...

Section 232. - 232. The commission of an officer shall be vacated by...

Section 232.5. - 232.5. An officer who resides outside this state shall be...

Section 233. - 233. An officer who desires to resign shall submit his...

Section 234. - 234. At any time the moral character, capacity, and general...

Section 235. - 235. At any time the physical fitness for service of...

Section 236. - 236. An officer absent without leave for a period of...

Section 237. - 237. An officer may be dismissed from the service only...

Section 238. - 238. No officer who has been dismissed from the military...

Section 239. - 239. The Governor may assign, reassign, or transfer commissioned officers...

ARTICLE 3 - Enlisted Persons

Section 250. - 250. The qualifications for enlistment and re-enlistment in the National...

Section 251. - 251. Every person who enlists or reenlists shall sign the...

Section 252. - 252. Appointments of noncommissioned and petty officers shall conform to...

Section 253. - 253. Privates, privates first class and noncommissioned officers shall be...

Section 254. - 254. Enlisted persons may be transferred to or from organizations...

Section 255. - 255. Every enlisted person who enters the National Guard or...

Section 256. - 256. (a) An enlisted member of the California National Guard...

Section 257. - 257. When an enlisted person of the National Guard is...

Section 258. - 258. In time of war or other emergency or imminent...

Section 259. - 259. Separation from service of an enlisted person of the...

Section 260. - 260. The following shall be causes for discharge of enlisted...

Section 261. - 261. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the discharge...

Section 262. - 262. An enlisted person discharged from the National Guard or...

Section 263. - 263. When an enlisted person of the National Guard or...

Section 264. - 264. With the express authority of the Governor, a deserter...

Section 265. - 265. Lists of deserters shall be published by The Adjutant...

Section 266. - 266. An enlisted person who has been dropped as a...

Section 267. - 267. A deserter shall not be restored to duty without...

Section 268. - 268. All time lost while absent without leave or in...

Section 269. - 269. No enlisted person who has been dishonorably discharged from...