Code of Virginia
Title 44 - Military and Emergency Laws
Chapter 1 - Military Laws of Virginia

§ 44-13.1. Virginia National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program established - The Adjutant General is authorized to establish a Virginia National...

§ 44-13.2. Administration of the MWR Program - The Adjutant General may authorize the MWR Program to (i)...

§ 44-13.3. Virginia National Guard MWR Fund - There is created within the state treasury a special nonreverting...

§ 44-13.4. Risk management - The MWR Program shall be eligible to participate in the...

§ 44-14. Expenditures for Department - All payments and disbursements payable out of the appropriation to...

§ 44-15. Reports to Secretary of Defense - The Adjutant General shall make such returns and reports to...

§ 44-16. Records of Adjutant General - The Adjutant General shall keep a record of all officers...

§ 44-17. Regulations as to reports and care of property - The Adjutant General is empowered to make such regulations pertaining...

§ 44-18. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 221, cl. 2.

§ 44-19. Adjutant General to have charge of military property - The Adjutant General shall have charge and care of all...

§ 44-20. Deputy Adjutant General (Army and Air) and Assistant Adjutant General (Army); assistants and clerical forces of Adjutant General - The Adjutant General shall have a Deputy Adjutant General (Air),...

§ 44-21. Bonds of Adjutant General and fiscal clerks - The Adjutant General and his fiscal clerks shall be bonded...

§ 44-22. Auditing accounts of Adjutant General - The office and accounts of the Adjutant General pertaining to...

§ 44-23. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 734.

§ 44-24. United States Property and Fiscal Officer - The Governor shall appoint, designate or detail, subject to the...

§ 44-24.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 221, cl. 2.

§ 44-25. Organization; composition of units - Except as otherwise specifically provided by the laws of the...

§ 44-26. Location of units and headquarters - The Governor shall determine and fix the location of the...

§ 44-27. Appointment and promotion of officers - All officers of the National Guard shall be appointed and...

§ 44-28. Qualifications of commanding or staff officers - No person shall be appointed a commanding or staff officer...

§ 44-29. Qualifications of National Guard officers - The qualifications of National Guard officers shall be as prescribed...

§ 44-30. Tests as to fitness for officers; examining board - No person shall hereafter be appointed an officer of the...

§ 44-31. Relative rank of officers - Relative rank among officers of the same grade shall be...

§ 44-32. Oath of National Guard officers - Commissioned officers of the National Guard shall take and subscribe...

§ 44-32.1. Administration of oaths of office and enlistment - Any duly commissioned officer or warrant officer of the Virginia...

§ 44-33. Elimination and disposition of officers - At any time the moral character, capacity, and general fitness...

§ 44-34. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1958, c. 393.

§ 44-35. Enlistments in National Guard - Enlistments in the National Guard shall be as prescribed in...

§ 44-36. Enlistment contract and oath - Enlisted persons shall not be recognized as members of the...

§ 44-37. Discharge of enlisted persons - An enlisted person discharged from service in the Virginia National...

§ 44-38. Membership continued in National Guard after termination of federal service - When inducted into the active military service of the United...

§ 44-39. Uniforms, arms and equipment - The National Guard shall, as far as practicable, be uniformed,...

§ 44-39.1. Possession of handguns by members at National Guard facilities - To the extent permitted by federal law and by the...

§ 44-40. Discipline and training - The discipline and training of the Virginia National Guard shall...

§ 44-40.01. Nonjudicial disciplinary proceedings - Service members of the Virginia National Guard, not in federal...

§ 44-40.1. Persons subject to the Virginia military laws - All members of the Virginia National Guard are subject to...

§ 44-40.2. Administration of oaths and taking of sworn statements by commissioned officers - In addition to those powers set forth in § 44-40,...

§ 44-41. Armory drills, inactive training, annual active duty training, etc. - Training, including inactive training, armory drills, annual active duty for...

§ 44-41.1. Failure to report; etc. - If any person, being an active member of the Virginia...

§ 44-41.2. Sharing of information with Virginia Employment Commission upon separation - The Adjutant General shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of...

§ 44-42. Kinds of courts-martial; how constituted and powers - In the National Guard not in federal service, there shall...

§ 44-43. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 572 and 586, cl. 2.

§ 44-44. Special courts-martial - A. In the National Guard for servicemembers on orders for...

§ 44-45. Summary courts-martial - A. In the National Guard for servicemembers on orders for...

§ 44-46. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 74.

§ 44-46.1. Military judges - A military judge shall be a commissioned officer of the...

§ 44-47. Process and procedure - In the Virginia National Guard military judges whenever they sit...

§ 44-48. Review of judgments of courts-martial; procedure - Judgments of special and summary courts-martial shall be subject to...

§ 44-49. Where sentences executed - All sentences to confinement imposed by any military court of...

§ 44-50. How process and sentence executed - All processes and sentences of any of the military courts...

§ 44-51. Certificates - Where any sentence to fine or imprisonment shall be imposed...

§ 44-52. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 572 and 586, cl. 2.

§ 44-53. Collection of fines - For the purpose of collecting any fines or penalties imposed...

§ 44-54. Disposition of fines - All fines imposed by courts-martial or other military courts, whether...

§ 44-54.1. Compact enacted into law; terms - The National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact is hereby enacted into...

§ 44-54.2. Payment of liability of State pursuant to Article III (f) of compact - Upon presentation of a claim therefor by an appropriate authority...

§ 44-54.3. Members of National Guard deemed to be in state service when engaged pursuant to compact - In accordance with Article III (h) of the compact, members...

§ 44-54.4. Organization; definitions - The Virginia Defense Force with a targeted membership of at...

§ 44-54.5. Composition of units - The organization and composition of units and force structure shall...

§ 44-54.6. Members, appointment and enlistment - The age limitations of § 44-1 to the contrary notwithstanding,...

§ 44-54.7. Regulations - Recruiting, enlistment, retention, organization, administration, equipment, facilities, training, discipline, discharge,...

§ 44-54.8. Administration of oaths - All commissioned officers of the Virginia Defense Force and such...

§ 44-54.9. Uniform; rank in precedence; command - The Virginia Defense Force shall be uniformed and shall conform...

§ 44-54.10. Discipline - All members of the Virginia Defense Force on training duty...

§ 44-54.11. Discharge; dismissal - Upon expiration of the term of service for which appointed...

§ 44-54.12. Arms, equipment and facilities - The Virginia Defense Force, to the extent authorized by the...

§ 44-55. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 221, cl. 2.

§ 44-67. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 221, cl. 2.

§ 44-75. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 352.

§ 44-75.1. Militia state active duty - A. The Governor or his designee may call forth the...

§ 44-75.1:1. Compact enacted into law; terms - The National Guard Mutual Assistance Counterdrug Activities Compact is hereby...

§ 44-75.2. Militia training duty - Subject to the direction and orders of the Governor, the...

§ 44-76. Transportation, equipment and support of militia - Whenever the Governor shall call forth the militia, whether by...

§ 44-77. Orders to officers and appointment of rendezvous - Such orders shall be sent to such officers and in...

§ 44-78. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 352.

§ 44-78.1. Request for assistance by localities - In the event of the circumstances described in subdivision A...

§ 44-79. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 352.

§ 44-80. Order in which classes of militia called into service - The National Guard, the Virginia Defense Force, and the unorganized...

§ 44-81. Length of service when called out - The National Guard, the Virginia Defense Force, or the unorganized...

§ 44-82. How troops paid while in service; transportation to be furnished; movement of troops and supplies not to be delayed - All officers and enlisted personnel of the National Guard or...

§ 44-83. Pay and allowance of members - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when called into state...

§ 44-84. Regulations enforced on actual service - Whenever any portion of the militia shall be called into...

§ 44-85. Regulations and penalties - Whenever any part of the unorganized militia is ordered out,...

§ 44-86. When ordered out for service - The commander in chief may at any time, in order...

§ 44-87. Manner of ordering out for service - The Governor shall, when ordering out the unorganized militia, designate...

§ 44-88. Incorporation into the Virginia Defense Force - Whenever the Governor orders out the unorganized militia or any...

§ 44-89. Draft of unorganized militia - If the unorganized militia is ordered out by draft, the...

§ 44-90. Punishment for failure to appear - Every member of the militia ordered out for duty, or...

§ 44-91. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1958, c. 393.

§ 44-93. Leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions - A. All officers and employees of the Commonwealth or of...

§ 44-93.1. Supplement of military pay and additional life insurance benefits for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions - A. In addition to the paid military leave provisions of...

§ 44-93.2. Leaves of absence from nongovernmental employment - A member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense...

§ 44-93.3. Reemployment rights - Upon honorable release from state active duty or military duty...

§ 44-93.4. Discrimination against persons who serve in the Virginia National Guard, Virginia Defense Force, or National Guard of another state and acts of reprisal prohibited - A. A member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia...

§ 44-93.5. Penalties for denial - If any employer fails or refuses to comply with the...

§ 44-94. Exemption from jury duty - The active officers and members of the National Guard shall...

§ 44-95. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1958, c. 393.

§ 44-96. Military property exempt from levy and sale - The uniforms, arms, and equipment required by law or regulations...

§ 44-97. Exemption from arrest - No person belonging to the Virginia National Guard or Virginia...

§ 44-97.1. Continuance or time for filing pleading, etc., where party or attorney is on active duty - Any party to or attorney in an action or proceeding...

§ 44-98. Interference with employment of members of Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force - A person who, either by himself or with another, deprives...

§ 44-99. Organizations may own property; suits - Companies or other organizations of the Virginia National Guard and...

§ 44-100. No action allowed on account of military duties; counsel for members sued or prosecuted - No action or proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against...

§ 44-101. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1958, c. 544.

§ 44-102. Commission not to vacate civil office - Any citizen of the Commonwealth may accept and hold a...

§ 44-102.1. Rights, benefits and protections upon call to active duty; contract termination - A. Any right, benefit, or protection that may accrue to...

§ 44-102.1:1. Benefits upon call to active duty under a state of emergency; health care premiums - A. As used in this section: "Department" means the Department...

§ 44-102.2. Virginia Military Family Relief Fund established - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...

§ 44-103. Deposit in armories or headquarters for safekeeping - All arms, equipment and ordnance stores, which shall be furnished...

§ 44-104. Care required and liability of officers - All commissioned officers of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia...

§ 44-105. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1958, c. 393.

§ 44-106. Upon disbandment of organization, or call into active federal service, commanding officer to return certain property to Adjutant General - Upon the disbandment of any organization, or call into active...

§ 44-107. Use for private purposes forbidden - No officer or enlisted person shall use, except upon military...

§ 44-108. Officers and enlisted persons personally liable for military property - Every officer and enlisted person to whom any article of...

§ 44-109. Punishment for injuries to military property - Whoever shall willfully or maliciously destroy, injure, or deface any...

§ 44-110. Punishment for sale, etc., of military property - Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, or...

§ 44-111. Replacement of lost or damaged property - Whenever any military property issued to the militia of the...

§ 44-112. Requisition for federal funds - The Governor or such other state officer as may be...

§ 44-113. County, city and town appropriations - Counties, cities, and towns may appropriate such sums of money...

§ 44-114. Allowances made to organizations from state appropriations - For the necessary expenses of the maintenance of the National...

§ 44-114.1. Orders transmitted to and through the Governor - All orders from the federal government or any of its...

§ 44-114.2. Governor to be notified of receipt of order; no action taken until his instructions complied with - If the Adjutant General of Virginia, or during his absence,...

§ 44-114.3. Orders void if transmitted to militia before Governor notified - If the Adjutant General or anyone else in the Department...

§ 44-114.4. Governor not prevented from drafting into state military service - Nothing in this article shall prevent the Governor from drafting...

§ 44-115. Custom and usage of United States army, air force and navy; applicability of §§ 44-40, 44-40.01 and Article 4 (§ 44-42 et seq.) - All matters relating to the organization, discipline and government of...

§ 44-116. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 572 and 586, cl. 2.

§ 44-117. Officers of Virginia Military Institute, the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College, the Fishburne Military School, the Massanutten Military Academy, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to be o... - The officers of the Virginia Military Institute, the Virginia Women's...

§ 44-117.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1958, c. 393.

§ 44-119. Retired list of officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons - There shall be a retired list of officers, warrant officers...

§ 44-120. Protection of the uniform - It shall be unlawful for any person, not an officer,...

§ 44-120.1. Manufacture of Virginia military medals and decorations in United States - Virginia military medals and decorations shall be made in the...

§ 44-120.2. Commonwealth's Twenty marksmanship award - There is hereby established the Commonwealth's Twenty marksmanship award to...

§ 44-121. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 108, cl. 1.

§ 44-122. Citation of chapter - This chapter may be cited as the "Military Laws of...

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Code of Virginia Title 44 - Military and Emergency Laws Chapter 1 - Military Laws of Virginia

Code of Virginia
Title 44 - Military and Emergency Laws
Chapter 1 - Military Laws of Virginia