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Section 31-2-1 - Definitions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-88 IN THE 2022...
Section 31-2-2 - Composition and Administration of State Militia Generally. - The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied...
Section 31-2-3 - Divisions of State Militia; Composition of Organized Militia and National Guard. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-88 IN THE 2022...
Section 31-2-4 - Composition of Naval Militia. - The Naval Militia of Alabama shall consist of the regular...
Section 31-2-5 - Composition of Unorganized Militia. - The unorganized militia shall consist of all able-bodied male resident...
Section 31-2-6 - Persons Exempted From Militia Service, Etc. - The officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the...
Section 31-2-7 - Maintenance of Troops in Time of Peace. - In time of peace, the state shall maintain only such...
Section 31-2-8 - Organization, etc., of State Defense Force Upon Call, etc., Into Federal Service of National Guard. - In the event of all or part of the National...
Section 31-2-9 - Powers, etc., of Governor and Adjutant General With Respect to State Defense Force; State Defense Force to Be Free From Federal Control. - In the event the provisions of Section 31-2-8 become operative,...
Section 31-2-10 - Appropriations for State Defense Force. - (a) All regular military appropriations made for the purpose of...
Section 31-2-11 - Exemption of Officers and Enlisted Men of National Guard, etc., From State Jury Duty. - Owing to liability to call for military duty during their...
Section 31-2-12 - Exemption From Motor Vehicle License Tax, etc.; Distinctive National Guard License Plates. - (a) There shall be exempt from the operation of the...
Section 31-2-13 - Service Benefits for Government Employees, Etc. - (a) Military leave of absence. All officers and employees of...
Section 31-2-14 - Bonds of Persons Responsible for Public or Military Property or Public Funds. - (a) Persons required to give bond. Any person to whom...
Section 31-2-15 - Depositories and Arsenals for Military Property; Disposition of Unexpended Regular Military Appropriations. - The Governor shall, when necessary, designate a depository or depositories...
Section 31-2-16 - Per Diem of Officers or Enlisted Men Under Military Travel Orders. - Any officer or enlisted man of the armed forces of...
Section 31-2-17 - Unauthorized Wearing of Uniform of United States Armed Forces. - It shall be unlawful for any person not an officer,...
Section 31-2-18 - Wearing Foreign Uniforms - Prohibited; Exceptions. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to appear...
Section 31-2-19 - Wearing Foreign Uniforms - Penalties. - Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of...
Section 31-2-20 - Unauthorized Wearing of Uniform While Not on Duty. - Any member of the National Guard or Naval Militia of...
Section 31-2-21 - Discrimination Against Person Wearing Uniform. - Any proprietor, manager, or employee of any public place within...
Section 31-2-22 - Disloyal or Insulting Remarks, Gestures, etc., to or About Troops Engaged in Performance of Duties, Etc. - When troops of any branch of the Armed Forces of...
Section 31-2-23 - Arms, Equipment, etc., to Be Deposited in Armories, Etc. - All arms, equipment, and ordnance stores which shall be furnished...
Section 31-2-24 - Preservation of Arms, Equipment, etc., by Officers. - All commissioned officers of the National Guard and Naval Militia...
Section 31-2-25 - Accountability and Responsibility of Officers for Military Property in Custody; Powers and Duties of Adjutant General as Exclusive Custodian of State Military Property. - Any officer receiving public property for military use shall be...
Section 31-2-26 - Officers of Disbanded Organizations to Return Arms, Equipment, etc., to Custody of Adjutant General. - Upon the disbandment of any organization which has received arms,...
Section 31-2-27 - Unauthorized Use of Military Property for Private Purposes. - No officer or enlisted man shall use, except upon military...
Section 31-2-28 - Officers and Enlisted Men Personally Responsible for Care, etc., of Military Property in Custody. - Every officer and enlisted man to whom any articles of...
Section 31-2-29 - Wilful or Malicious Destruction, etc., of Military Property. - Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously destroy, injure, or deface any...
Section 31-2-30 - Sale, Exchange, etc., of Military Property; Seizure, etc., of Illegally Acquired Military Property. - The clothes, arms, accoutrements, and military property of every character...
Section 31-2-31 - Sale, Pawn; Purchase or Unauthorized Retention of Military Property; Seizure, etc., of Unlawfully Retained Property. - Any person who sells, pawns, purchases, retains or has in...
Section 31-2-32 - Liability of Officers and Enlisted Men for Lost or Damaged Military Property. - Whenever any military property of the United States or the...
Section 31-2-33 - Failure of Officers, etc., to Make Required Reports Concerning Military Arms, Funds, Etc. - Any officer, warrant officer, enlisted man, or any other person...
Section 31-2-34 - Proceedings When Member of Armed Forces Unable to Account for Property or Money. - Whenever it is ascertained by the Adjutant General of the...
Section 31-2-35 - Matters Governed by Custom and Usage of United States Armed Forces. - All matters relating to the organization, discipline, and government of...
Section 31-2-36 - Acceptance, etc., of Commission, etc., in State Armed Forces and United States Reserve Components Not Incompatible With Holding of Civil Office. - Any citizen of this state may accept and hold a...
Section 31-2-37 - Annual Encampments or Cruises. - Subject to the restrictions of the National Defense Act and...
Section 31-2-38 - When Officers, Enlisted Men, etc., Deemed to Be "In the Active Military or Naval Service of the state." - The armed forces of the state ordered into the service...
Section 31-2-39 - Emergency Purchases. - No officer or member of the armed forces of the...
Section 31-2-40 - Enforcement of Sanitation Laws in Camps or Garrisons. - The commanding officer of any camp or garrison shall enforce...
Section 31-2-41 - National Guard and Naval Militia Service Medals. - Any present or former officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man...
Section 31-2-42 - Retirement of Officers and Enlisted Men From National Guard. - Retirement of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men from the...
Section 31-2-43 - Status of Officers and Enlisted Men of National Guard and Naval Militia Upon Release From Active Federal Service. - Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard...
Section 31-2-44 - Payment of Expenses by State Upon Call, etc., Into Federal Service of National Guard and Naval Militia. - Under the provisions of such rules and regulations as shall...
Section 31-2-45 - Designations of Units Engaged in Federal Service. - During the absence of any unit of the National Guard...
Section 31-2-46 - When Unorganized Militia May Be Ordered Out for Active Service. - The Commander in Chief may at any time, in order...
Section 31-2-47 - Rules, Regulations, etc., Governing Unorganized Militia in Active Service; Appointment, etc., of Emergency Officers in State Militia. - Whenever any part of the unorganized militia is ordered out...
Section 31-2-48 - Manner of Ordering Out Unorganized Militia; Organization; Appointment of Officers. - The Governor shall, when ordering out the unorganized militia, designate...
Section 31-2-49 - Draft of Unorganized Militia. - If the unorganized militia is ordered out by draft, the...
Section 31-2-50 - Failure to Appear for Duty in Militia. - Every member of the militia ordered out for duty or...
Section 31-2-51 - Commander in Chief - Designated. - The Governor of Alabama, or any other person lawfully administering...
Section 31-2-52 - Commander in Chief - Powers and Duties Generally. - (a) The Governor of Alabama, as Commander in Chief, shall...
Section 31-2-53 - Personal Military Staff of Governor. - The personal military staff of the Governor shall consist of...
Section 31-2-54 - Governor's Flag. - There shall be a Governor's flag of the following design...
Section 31-2-55 - Appointment of Officers and Enlisted Men of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of National Guard. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-88 IN THE 2022...
Section 31-2-56 - Exhibitions, Athletic Matches and Contests in Armories, Etc. - Exhibitions of various kinds and boxing, sparring, wrestling, and other...
Section 31-2-57 - Assignment of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachments of National Guard During National Crisis. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-88 IN THE 2022...
Section 31-2-58 - Adjutant General - Qualifications; Appointment; Term; Commission; Rank; Powers and Duties Generally; Seal. - The head of the Military Department shall be a commissioned...
Section 31-2-59 - Adjutant General - Status and Duties Upon Call, etc., Into Federal Service of National Guard. - The Adjutant General shall be qualified for commission and shall...
Section 31-2-60 - Organization of Military Department; Qualifications, Appointment, Rank, etc., of Employees of Department; Applicability of Merit System to Department Officers and Employees. - The Adjutant General may have to assist him or her...
Section 31-2-61 - Salaries of Officers and Employees of Military Department. - Salaries of officers and other employees of the Military Department...
Section 31-2-62 - Bonds of Adjutant General and Other Employees of Military Department. - The Adjutant General and such other employees of the Military...
Section 31-2-63 - Offices, Furniture, Stationery, etc., of Military Department. - The Director of the Department of Finance shall assign to...
Section 31-2-67 - Annual Report by Adjutant General to Governor. - On or before December 1 next preceding the beginning of...
Section 31-2-68 - Audit of Books, Accounts, etc., of Adjutant General and Other Officers. - The books, accounts, and vouchers of the Adjutant General and...
Section 31-2-69 - Standards for Appointment, Removal, etc., of Officers of State Armed Forces; Qualifications of Federally Recognized National Guard. - Officers of the armed forces of the state, including the...
Section 31-2-70 - Officers to Have Same Powers and Duties as Officers in Armed Forces of United States. - In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in this...
Section 31-2-71 - Qualifications and Appointment of National Guard Staff Officers Headquartered in Other States. - Staff officers allocated to the Alabama National Guard whose headquarters...
Section 31-2-72 - General Officers of the Line. - General officers of the line shall be appointed under the...
Section 31-2-73 - Appointment, Promotion, etc., of Noncommissioned Officers, etc., of National Guard. - The appointment, promotion, or reduction in grade or rank of...
Section 31-2-74 - Enlistments, etc., in National Guard. - Original enlistments and reenlistments in the National Guard shall be...
Section 31-2-75 - Discharge of Enlisted Members of National Guard. - An enlisted member discharged from the service in the National...
Section 31-2-76 - Drills, Encampments, Maneuvers, Etc. - Each organization shall assemble for drill and instruction, including indoor...
Section 31-2-77 - Service Medals and Decorations Authorized for Wear With National Guard and Naval Militia Uniforms. - All service medals and decorations awarded for service in the...
Section 31-2-78 - Personal Uniforms, Arms, etc., of Officers, Enlisted Men, etc., Exempt From Sale Under Execution, Etc. - The personally owned uniforms, arms, and equipment, required by laws...
Section 31-2-79 - Exemption of Members of Militia From Arrest. - Members of the militia in the active armed forces of...
Section 31-2-80 - Exemption From Ad Valorem Taxes of Property Owned or Leased by Units of Armed Forces. - All property, both real and personal, belonging to a unit...
Section 31-2-81 - Exemption of Certain Post Exchanges and Canteens From Tobacco and Gasoline Taxes and State and Local Licenses. - All post exchanges or canteens owned, operated, and run exclusively...
Section 31-2-82 - Armed Forces Organizations Not to Leave State Without Permission. - No organization of the armed forces of the state shall...
Section 31-2-83 - Laws Applicable to Militia When in Active Service of State; Jurisdiction and Powers of Courts-Martial as to Offenses Thereunder; Imposition of Death Penalty; Imprisonment. - Whenever any portion of the militia shall be called into...
Section 31-2-84 - Right of Troops as to Use of Streets and Highways. - United States Armed Forces or any portion of the National...
Section 31-2-85 - Compensation for Injury, Disability, and Death. - Repealed by Act 2012-333, p. 789, §3, effective August 1,...
Section 31-2-85.1 - Medical Expenses for Members of National Guard or Alabama State Defense Force. - The Military Department may pay medical expenses for members of...
Section 31-2-86 - Payment for Damages Caused by National Guard Members Acting in Line of Duty. - Awards by the State Board of Adjustment on claims filed...
Section 31-2-87 - Supervision and Command of National Guard Organizations Jointly Maintained With Other States for Training and Instruction. - For the purpose of coordinating and making more effective the...
Section 31-2-88 - Pay and Subsistence for National Guard and Naval Militia in Active Military or Naval Service of State. - Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the National Guard...
Section 31-2-89 - Actions Against Members of Military Court, etc., as to Sentences, Warrants, etc.; Actions Against Officers or Enlisted Men for Acts Performed in Line of Duty; Defense of Actions Against Present or Former Members of National Guard at... - No action or proceedings shall be prosecuted or maintained against...
Section 31-2-90 - Appointment of Counsel to Defend National Guard Members in Certain Actions. - If a civil or criminal action shall be commenced in...
Section 31-2-91 - Security for Costs in Certain Actions Against National Guard Members to Be Given by Plaintiff. - Any person bringing a civil or criminal action against a...
Section 31-2-92 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Kinds, Jurisdiction, Powers, Procedure, etc.; Limitations on Institution of Courts-Martial. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-93 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Convening and Powers of Punishment of General Courts-Martial. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-94 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Appointment and Powers of Punishment of Special Courts-Martial. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-95 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Convening and Powers of Punishment of Summary Courts-Martial. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-96 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Powers of Presidents and Summary Court Officers. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-97 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Manual of Courts-Martial, etc., to Govern Proceedings. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-98 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Evidence. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-99 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Employment of Court Reporter. - The employment of a reporter may be authorized by the...
Section 31-2-100 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Subpoena of Witnesses. - A court-martial may subpoena any witness residing within 100 miles...
Section 31-2-101 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Punishment of Persons Disrupting Proceedings, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-102 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Payment of Expenses. - All expenses incurred in court-martial proceedings, including the payment of...
Section 31-2-103 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Review of Findings and Sentence by Governor; Approval of Governor Prerequisite to Execution of Sentence; Presumption of Jurisdiction and Legality of Proceedings. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-104 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Persons Authorized to Execute Processes and Sentences. - All processes and sentences of any of the military courts...
Section 31-2-105 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Delivery of Certificate to Sheriff for Execution of Sentence; Disposition of Fines. - Where any sentence of a fine or imprisonment shall be...
Section 31-2-106 - Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Compensation of Civil Officers for Execution of Process, Etc. - Sheriffs and other civil officers executing the warrants of arrest...
Section 31-2-107 - Courts of Inquiry. - Courts of inquiry, to consist of one or more officers,...
Section 31-2-108 - Appropriations for Operation, Support, etc., of National Guard Organizations; Quarterly Allowances to Commanders. - The Legislature of Alabama shall appropriate during each of its...
Section 31-2-109 - Ordering Out of Troops - Authority of Governor. - The Governor may call out all, or such portion of...
Section 31-2-110 - Ordering Out of Troops - Restrictions. - No portion of the National Guard of Alabama shall be...
Section 31-2-111 - Ordering Out of Troops - Request to Governor by Local Officials. - Whenever any circuit court judge, municipal court judge, probate court...
Section 31-2-112 - Ordering Out of Troops - Issuance of Order by Governor; Authority of Local Civil Authorities to Order Out Troops. - (a) Whenever there is an insurrection or outbreak of a...
Section 31-2-113 - Ordering Out of Troops - Commanding Officers May Require Written Instructions From Civil Authorities; Compliance With Instructions. - Any officer whose command is called out under the provisions...
Section 31-2-114 - Ordering Out of Troops - Reports to Governor When Troops Ordered by Civil Authorities. - Whenever any National Guard troops are ordered out by a...
Section 31-2-115 - Dispersion of Mob, Etc. - Order to Disperse. - Before using military force in the dispersion of any riot,...
Section 31-2-116 - Dispersion of Mob, Etc. - Order to Disperse - Failure to Obey Order. - Any person or persons composing or taking part in any...
Section 31-2-117 - Dispersion of Mob, Etc. - Authority to Act to Disperse Mob, Etc. - After any person or persons composing or taking part, or...
Section 31-2-118 - Right of National Guard Members, etc., Under Indictment, etc., for Injuries to Persons or Property Incurred During Performance of Duties to Change of Venue of Trial. - Any civil or military officer or member of the National...
Section 31-2-119 - Assault on National Guard Members, etc., Assembled for Performance of Duties. - Any person who unlawfully assaults or fires at, or throws...
Section 31-2-120 - Protection of National Guard Troops, etc., From Assault, Etc. - If any portion of the National Guard, or persons lawfully...
Section 31-2-121 - Duty to Disperse When Shot Fired, etc., at National Guard. - Whenever any shot is fired or missile thrown at or...
Section 31-2-123 - Commanders of National Guard Troops May Prescribe Boundaries Around Jails, Public Buildings, etc., From Which Public Excluded. - The commander of any body of National Guard troops guarding...
Section 31-2-122 - Regulation of Passage and Occupancy on Streets, etc., During Riot, Etc. - Whenever any rout, riot, or mob has occurred or is...
Section 31-2-124 - Commanders of National Guard Troops May Order Closing of Certain Places and Forbid Sale of Certain Commodities. - When any part of the National Guard of Alabama is...
Section 31-2-125 - Unauthorized Military Organizations. - Any two or more persons, whether with or without uniform,...
Section 31-2-126 - Commanders May Incarcerate and Detain Persons Interfering With Performance of Troops; Abatement of Menaces to Health or Safety of Command. - The commanding officer of troops in the active service of...
Section 31-2-127 - Enforcement of Attendance of Officers and Enlisted Men Called Into Active Military Service of State. - Repealed by Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1, Art. 147, effective...
Section 31-2-128 - Dropping Allowance. - A dropping allowance may be established by the Adjutant General...
Section 31-2-129 - Counties or Municipalities May Appropriate Funds for Military Purposes for Local National Guard and Naval Militia Units. - The county commission in each county and the city council,...
Section 31-2-130 - Counties or Municipalities May Sell, etc., Real Estate and Buildings to Local National Guard Units for Military Purposes. - The county commission in each county and the city council,...
Section 31-2-131 - Revolving Fund. - In order to facilitate the execution of the purposes of...
Section 31-2-132 - Regular Military Appropriations. - The Legislature of Alabama shall appropriate during each of its...
Section 31-2-133 - Special Appropriations for National Guard in Active Military Service of State. - In addition to the moneys to be appropriated for the...
Section 31-2-134 - National Guard Challenge Program. - (a) In addition to any other authority provided by the...