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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 414 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 1989 \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 572<\/a> and 586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222051,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73890,"identifier":"44-54.11","token":"44\/1\/4.2\/44-54.11","url":"\/44-54.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-54.11\/","token":"44\/1\/4.2\/44-54.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Discharge; dismissal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-54.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon expiration of the term of service for which appointed or enlisted, a member of the Virginia Defense Force shall be entitled to a discharge. However, no member shall be discharged by reason of expiration of his term of service while on state active duty.\n\t\tA member of the Virginia Defense Force may be dismissed or discharged prior to the expiration of his term of service by sentence of a court<\/span>-martial or for misconduct, inefficiency, unsatisfactory participation, personal hardship or for the convenience of the Commonwealth. Discharge proceedings shall be prescribed by the Adjutant General.\n\t\tThe Adjutant General may prescribe appropriate discharge certificates reflecting the character of the member’s service.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCHARGE; DISMISSAL (\u00a7 44-54.11)\n\nUpon expiration of the term of service for which appointed or enlisted, a member\nof the Virginia Defense Force shall be entitled to a discharge. However, no\nmember shall be discharged by reason of expiration of his term of service while\non state active duty.\n\t\tA member of the Virginia Defense Force may be dismissed or discharged prior to\nthe expiration of his term of service by sentence of a court-martial or for\nmisconduct, inefficiency, unsatisfactory participation, personal hardship or for\nthe convenience of the Commonwealth. Discharge proceedings shall be prescribed\nby the Adjutant General.\n\t\tThe Adjutant General may prescribe appropriate discharge certificates\nreflecting the character of the member’s service.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 414; 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}}