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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 399 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: 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":221953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65384,"identifier":"44-40.1","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-40.1","url":"\/44-40.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-40.1\/","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-40.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons subject to the Virginia military laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-40.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All members of the Virginia National Guard are subject to the military <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of Virginia when under <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> to be present for duty under Title 32 of the United States Code or while in a state active duty status.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS SUBJECT TO THE VIRGINIA MILITARY LAWS (\u00a7 44-40.1)\n\nAll members of the Virginia National Guard are subject to the military laws of\nVirginia when under orders to be present for duty under Title 32 of the United\nStates Code or while in a state active duty status.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 399; 2011, cc. 572, 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}}