Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia
Section 5923.02 | Persons Exempt From Military Service.

Effective: January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
The following persons, if subject to duty in the Ohio organized or unorganized militia, may be exempted by the adjutant general from duty on request:
(A) The vice-president of the United States;
(B) The officers, judicial and executive, of the departments of the state and of the United States, and the members of the general assembly, without regard to age;
(C) Members of the armed forces of the United States or their reserve components;
(D) Customhouse clerks;
(E) Employees of the United States postal service;
(F) Workers employed in armories, arsenals, or naval shipyards of the United States;
(G) Pilots on the navigable waters of the United States;
(H) Mariners licensed by the United States ;
(I) Any person who claims exemption from service because of religious belief or other moral conviction held as a matter of conscience ;
(J) Any person who is unable to serve because of a disability, as that term is defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs

Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia

Section 5923.01 | State Militia Membership - Limitation of Troops.

Section 5923.02 | Persons Exempt From Military Service.

Section 5923.03 | Membership of Ohio National Guard, Ohio Military Reserve, Ohio Naval Militia, Ohio Cyber Reserve.

Section 5923.04 | Appointment of Officers in Ohio Military Reserve.

Section 5923.05 | Paid Military Leave for Permanent Public Employees.

Section 5923.051 | State Employees Called to Active Duty Continuation or Reactivation of Health Benefit Coverage.

Section 5923.09 | Compensation for Attendance at Drill.

Section 5923.10 | Lost, Damaged, or Destroyed Equipment or Property - Payment of Shortage.

Section 5923.12 | Pay and Allowances for State Active Duty; Pay for Ohio Cyber Reserve; Protections Afforded Members.

Section 5923.13 | Regulations, Bonds, and Reports.

Section 5923.14 | Method of Payments.

Section 5923.16 | Military Stores.

Section 5923.17 | Purchase and Custody of Equipage - Care of Stores - Credit for Lost Property.

Section 5923.18 | Unserviceable Military Stores.

Section 5923.19 | Sale or Exchange of Condemned Stores.

Section 5923.20 | Annual Appropriations and Allowances.

Section 5923.21 | Call to Service by Governor.

Section 5923.22 | Order of Unit, Part or Individual to Aid Civil Authorities.

Section 5923.23 | Contents of Order to Aid Civil Authorities - Command and Control.

Section 5923.231 | Proclamation of Martial Law.

Section 5923.27 | Privileges and Immunities While on State Active Duty.

Section 5923.28 | Conformity of Military Laws With Federal Laws and Regulations.

Section 5923.29 | Inventory of Unexpendable State Military Property - Additions or Deductions.

Section 5923.30 | Action Against Officer Unable to Account Properly for Money or Property.

Section 5923.31 | Persuading Member of Militia to Disregard Duty Prohibited.

Section 5923.32 | Disposing of Military Property Belonging to State Prohibited.

Section 5923.33 | Uniforms and Insignia Worn Unlawfully.

Section 5923.34 | Government and Discipline.

Section 5923.36 | Limitation of Actions.

Section 5923.37 | No Liability for Negligence While on State Active Duty.

Section 5923.99 | Penalty.