The active officers and members of the National Guard shall be exempt from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases upon presentation to the clerk of the court of a certificate of such membership signed by the commanding officer of the unit of which the person summoned for jury service is a member.
1930, p. 966; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(79); 2015, c. 221.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 44 - Military and Emergency Laws
Chapter 1 - Military Laws of Virginia
§ 44-1. Composition of militia
§ 44-2. Composition of National Guard
§ 44-4. Composition of unorganized militia
§ 44-5. Exemptions from militia duty
§ 44-6. Maintenance of other troops
§ 44-8. Governor as Commander in Chief
§ 44-9. Commander in Chief to prescribe regulations
§ 44-9.1. Censorship of certain sermons prohibited
§ 44-10. Divisions of military staff
§ 44-11. Department of Military Affairs; Adjutant General
§ 44-11.1. Duties of the Department of Military Affairs
§ 44-13. Powers of Adjutant General
§ 44-13.1. Virginia National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program established
§ 44-13.2. Administration of the MWR Program
§ 44-13.3. Virginia National Guard MWR Fund
§ 44-14. Expenditures for Department
§ 44-15. Reports to Secretary of Defense
§ 44-16. Records of Adjutant General
§ 44-17. Regulations as to reports and care of property
§ 44-19. Adjutant General to have charge of military property
§ 44-21. Bonds of Adjutant General and fiscal clerks
§ 44-22. Auditing accounts of Adjutant General
§ 44-24. United States Property and Fiscal Officer
§ 44-25. Organization; composition of units
§ 44-26. Location of units and headquarters
§ 44-27. Appointment and promotion of officers
§ 44-28. Qualifications of commanding or staff officers
§ 44-29. Qualifications of National Guard officers
§ 44-30. Tests as to fitness for officers; examining board
§ 44-31. Relative rank of officers
§ 44-32. Oath of National Guard officers
§ 44-32.1. Administration of oaths of office and enlistment
§ 44-33. Elimination and disposition of officers
§ 44-35. Enlistments in National Guard
§ 44-36. Enlistment contract and oath
§ 44-37. Discharge of enlisted persons
§ 44-38. Membership continued in National Guard after termination of federal service
§ 44-39. Uniforms, arms and equipment
§ 44-39.1. Possession of handguns by members at National Guard facilities
§ 44-40. Discipline and training
§ 44-40.01. Nonjudicial disciplinary proceedings
§ 44-40.1. Persons subject to the Virginia military laws
§ 44-40.2. Administration of oaths and taking of sworn statements by commissioned officers
§ 44-41. Armory drills, inactive training, annual active duty training, etc.
§ 44-41.1. Failure to report; etc.
§ 44-41.2. Sharing of information with Virginia Employment Commission upon separation
§ 44-42. Kinds of courts-martial; how constituted and powers
§ 44-44. Special courts-martial
§ 44-45. Summary courts-martial
§ 44-47. Process and procedure
§ 44-48. Review of judgments of courts-martial; procedure
§ 44-49. Where sentences executed
§ 44-50. How process and sentence executed
§ 44-54.1. Compact enacted into law; terms
§ 44-54.2. Payment of liability of State pursuant to Article III (f) of compact
§ 44-54.3. Members of National Guard deemed to be in state service when engaged pursuant to compact
§ 44-54.4. Organization; definitions
§ 44-54.5. Composition of units
§ 44-54.6. Members, appointment and enlistment
§ 44-54.8. Administration of oaths
§ 44-54.9. Uniform; rank in precedence; command
§ 44-54.11. Discharge; dismissal
§ 44-54.12. Arms, equipment and facilities
§ 44-75.1. Militia state active duty
§ 44-75.1:1. Compact enacted into law; terms
§ 44-75.2. Militia training duty
§ 44-76. Transportation, equipment and support of militia
§ 44-77. Orders to officers and appointment of rendezvous
§ 44-78.1. Request for assistance by localities
§ 44-80. Order in which classes of militia called into service
§ 44-81. Length of service when called out
§ 44-83. Pay and allowance of members
§ 44-84. Regulations enforced on actual service
§ 44-85. Regulations and penalties
§ 44-86. When ordered out for service
§ 44-87. Manner of ordering out for service
§ 44-88. Incorporation into the Virginia Defense Force
§ 44-89. Draft of unorganized militia
§ 44-90. Punishment for failure to appear
§ 44-93. Leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions
§ 44-93.2. Leaves of absence from nongovernmental employment
§ 44-93.3. Reemployment rights
§ 44-93.5. Penalties for denial
§ 44-94. Exemption from jury duty
§ 44-96. Military property exempt from levy and sale
§ 44-97. Exemption from arrest
§ 44-97.1. Continuance or time for filing pleading, etc., where party or attorney is on active duty
§ 44-99. Organizations may own property; suits
§ 44-100. No action allowed on account of military duties; counsel for members sued or prosecuted
§ 44-102. Commission not to vacate civil office
§ 44-102.1. Rights, benefits and protections upon call to active duty; contract termination
§ 44-102.1:1. Benefits upon call to active duty under a state of emergency; health care premiums
§ 44-102.2. Virginia Military Family Relief Fund established
§ 44-103. Deposit in armories or headquarters for safekeeping
§ 44-104. Care required and liability of officers
§ 44-107. Use for private purposes forbidden
§ 44-108. Officers and enlisted persons personally liable for military property
§ 44-109. Punishment for injuries to military property
§ 44-110. Punishment for sale, etc., of military property
§ 44-111. Replacement of lost or damaged property
§ 44-112. Requisition for federal funds
§ 44-113. County, city and town appropriations
§ 44-114. Allowances made to organizations from state appropriations
§ 44-114.1. Orders transmitted to and through the Governor
§ 44-114.3. Orders void if transmitted to militia before Governor notified
§ 44-114.4. Governor not prevented from drafting into state military service
§ 44-119. Retired list of officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons
§ 44-120. Protection of the uniform
§ 44-120.1. Manufacture of Virginia military medals and decorations in United States