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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 393; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0572\">572<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0586\">586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54519,"identifier":"44-36","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-36","url":"\/44-36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-36\/","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-36","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enlistment contract and oath","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-36","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Enlisted persons shall not be recognized as members of the National Guard until they shall have signed an enlistment <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> and taken and subscribed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> of enlistment prescribed by present or subsequently amended National Guard regulations; or such <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> of enlistment as shall be prescribed by the Governor of Virginia for members of the Virginia Defense Force.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENLISTMENT CONTRACT AND OATH (\u00a7 44-36)\n\nEnlisted persons shall not be recognized as members of the National Guard until\nthey shall have signed an enlistment contract and taken and subscribed to the\noath of enlistment prescribed by present or subsequently amended National Guard\nregulations; or such oath of enlistment as shall be prescribed by the Governor\nof Virginia for members of the Virginia Defense Force.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 955; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(26); 1958, c. 393; 2011, cc.\n572, 586.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}