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Subtitle 1 - Definitions
Section 13-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Subtitle 2 - General Provisions
Section 13-201 - Application of Title; Amendment or Repeal of Title - (a) This title applies to all uniformed volunteer companies. (b)...
Section 13-202 - Membership; Exemptions; Waiver of Exemptions - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 13-203 - Organized and Unorganized Militia - (a) There are two classes of State militia: (1) the...
Section 13-204 - Appropriations; Expenditures - (a) The general appropriations for the militia shall be exclusively...
Section 13-205 - Who May Enlist - Subject to the provisions of this title and the regulations...
Section 13-206 - Oath of Enlistment in Organized Militia - (a) An individual enlisting in the organized militia shall take...
Section 13-207 - Responsibilities of Officers and Enlisted Individuals; Inspections - (a) An organization commander: (1) may require those under the...
Section 13-208 - Arrest and Prohibition Powers of Commanding Officers - (a) During a time of duty, a commanding officer may...
Section 13-209 - Compensation - (a) (1) The Adjutant General, Assistant Adjutants General, officers, warrant...
Section 13-210 - Workers' Compensation Insurance - (a) (1) This subsection applies to the period of time...
Section 13-211 - Service Medals and Ribbon Badges - (a) (1) To promote efficiency and reward continuous service, the...
Section 13-212 - Free Passage Over Roads, Bridges, and Ferries While Traveling to and From Duty - A member of the organized militia, including the member’s conveyance...
Section 13-213 - Retired Officers and Enlisted Individuals - (a) The Governor may adopt regulations that provide for the...
Section 13-214 - Prohibited Acts - (a) Except for the units of the organized militia and...
Section 13-215 - Honor Guard at Burial Service of Veteran - (a) (1) The Adjutant General may organize a uniformed honor...
Section 13-216 - Acquisition of Property for Air National Guard - The Department may acquire by purchase or condemnation real property...
Section 13-217 - Sale of Superfluous Armories - (a) The Department may sell an armory that is superfluous...
Section 13-218 - Jury Service - The Military Department shall adopt regulations for exemption of a...
Section 13-219 - Maryland Military Department Center for Military History - (a) There is a Maryland Military Department Center for Military...
Subtitle 3 - Adjutant General; Assistants and Other Personnel
Section 13-301 - Adjutant General - (a) The Adjutant General: (1) is the head of the...
Section 13-302 - Adjutant General -- Duties - (a) (1) The Adjutant General may appoint: (i) a chief...
Section 13-303 - Assistant Adjutants General - (a) (1) The Governor shall appoint two Assistant Adjutants General...
Section 13-304 - Compensation - The Adjutant General and the Assistant Adjutants General shall have...
Section 13-305 - Deputy Adjutant General for Maryland Army National Guard - (a) (1) The Governor shall appoint a Deputy Assistant Adjutant...
Section 13-306 - Other Personnel - (a) Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted individuals who are full-time...
Subtitle 4 - National Guard
Section 13-401 - Composition; Organization - (a) (1) The National Guard consists of: (i) the units...
Section 13-402 - Police Power - (a) A member of the National Guard has the same...
Section 13-403 - Assignment to Divisions, Brigades, and Other Tactical Units - (a) To maintain an appropriate organization and to assist in...
Section 13-404 - Power of National Guard to Receive Property and Revenues - (a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, the National Guard:...
Section 13-405 - Tuition Assistance - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 13-406 - Compensation for National Guard Ordered Out for State Active Duty or Training - (a) This section: (1) applies when the National Guard is...
Section 13-407 - Oath -- Commissioned Officer of National Guard - A commissioned officer of the National Guard shall take the...
Section 13-408 - Date of Taking Rank - An officer of the National Guard shall take rank from...
Section 13-409 - 9-11 Service Bar - (a) Any individual who is ordered into active duty for...
Section 13-410 - Reports - (a) On a quarterly basis, the Adjutant General, in consultation...
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Defense Force
Section 13-501 - Established - (a) (1) There is established in the State a Maryland...
Section 13-502 - Regulations - (a) (1) The Governor may adopt regulations to carry out...
Section 13-503 - Composition - (a) The Maryland Defense Force consists of: (1) commissioned or...
Section 13-504 - Compensation; Oath; Enlistment Period; Resignation - (a) An officer or warrant officer commissioned or appointed in...
Section 13-505 - Requisitions by Governor - (a) The Governor may requisition any arms and equipment from...
Section 13-506 - Use Outside of This State - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)...
Section 13-507 - Pursuit by Military Forces of Other States - (a) A military force or an organization, unit, or detachment...
Section 13-508 - Federal Service - (a) (1) This title does not authorize the Maryland Defense...
Section 13-509 - Oath -- Commissioned Officer of Maryland Defense Force - A commissioned officer of the Maryland Defense Force shall take...
Section 13-510 - Appointment and Commission - (a) (1) The Governor shall appoint and commission each commissioned...
Subtitle 6 - Officers
Section 13-601 - Brevet Commissions - (a) (1) On the recommendation of the Adjutant General, the...
Section 13-602 - Vacating Commission - A commission of an officer of the organized militia may...
Section 13-603 - Resignation of Officer - (a) A commissioned officer of the organized militia tendering a...
Subtitle 7 - Active Duty or Training
Section 13-701 - Authority to Order Out for Service; Failure to Appear - (a) (1) If the militia of the State is ordered...
Section 13-702 - Militia in State Active Duty - (a) This section applies to the Maryland Defense Force and...
Section 13-703 - Warning for Duty - (a) An officer, warrant officer, or noncommissioned officer may warn...
Section 13-704 - Employment and Other Protections for National Guard Members - (a) The rights granted to members of the National Guard...
Section 13-704.1 - Civil Relief for Military Service Members - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 13-705 - Relief From Duty in Militia While in Service of United States - (a) A member of the organized militia ordered into the...
Section 13-706 - Leaves of Absence for Public Employees Who Are Members of Militia - (a) An officer or employee of the State, a county,...
Section 13-707 - Civil or Criminal Liability for Acts in Discharge of Duty - (a) A member of the organized militia ordered into State...
Subtitle 8 - Courts-Martial
Section 13-801 - This subtitle applies to a court-martial of the organized militia...
Section 13-802 - (a) There are three types of courts-martial: (1) a general...
Section 13-803 - (a) (1) This subsection does not apply to a commissioned...
Section 13-804 - The military judge or officer presiding over a court-martial may:...
Section 13-805 - (a) (1) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or police officer, or...
Section 13-806 - A general court-martial may be convened by an order of...
Section 13-807 - (a) The commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp...
Section 13-808 - (a) Enlisted soldiers and noncommissioned officers of the organized militia...
Section 13-808.1 - All members of the organized militia may be subjected to...
Section 13-809 - An individual has the immunity from liability described in §...
Section 13-810 - The actual necessary expense of conveying a prisoner when the...
Section 13-811 - (a) No excuse is valid for absence from an assembly...
Section 13-812 - (a) A general court–martial may impose one or more of...
Section 13-813 - (a) (1) After imposing a sentence of imprisonment and on...
Section 13-814 - (a) On the imposition of a fine by a court-martial...
Subtitle 9 - Prohibited Acts
Section 13-901 - Unlawful Wearing of Uniform - (a) This section does not apply to the wearing of:...
Section 13-902 - Sale, Purchase, or Improper Use of Property; Unlawful Wearing of Uniform - (a) This section does not apply to a member of...
Section 13-903 - Misapplication or Conversion of Money or Property - (a) A person may not willfully: (1) misapply or convert...
Section 13-904 - Exclusion From Places of Amusement or Recreation - (a) A person who is the owner or who is...
Section 13-905 - Immunity From Arrest - A member of the organized militia may not be arrested...