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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 315 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1978, chapter 342; in 1983, chapter 65; in 1984, chapter 206; in 2011, chapters 72<\/a> and 108<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82715,"identifier":"44-41.1","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-41.1","url":"\/44-41.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-41.1\/","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-41.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to report; etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-41.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person, being an active member of the Virginia National Guard, in violation of valid orders<\/span>, fails to initially report to his appointed place of duty at the appointed time of duty under Title 32 of the United States Code or for state active duty, or having initially reported absents himself without leave, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. A warrant for such offense<\/span> may be sworn by any officer of the unit to which the soldier or airman who failed to report, or absented himself, is assigned. Any such warrant shall be withdrawn upon the written request of the soldier or airman’s commanding officer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO REPORT; ETC (\u00a7 44-41.1)\n\nIf any person, being an active member of the Virginia National Guard, in\nviolation of valid orders, fails to initially report to his appointed place of\nduty at the appointed time of duty under Title 32 of the United States Code or\nfor state active duty, or having initially reported absents himself without\nleave, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. A warrant for such offense\nmay be sworn by any officer of the unit to which the soldier or airman who\nfailed to report, or absented himself, is assigned. Any such warrant shall be\nwithdrawn upon the written request of the soldier or airman’s commanding\nofficer.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 315; 1978, c. 342; 1983, c. 65; 1984, c. 206; 2011, cc. 72,\n108.","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}}