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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":222079,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74238,"identifier":"44-54.9","token":"44\/1\/4.2\/44-54.9","url":"\/44-54.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-54.9\/","token":"44\/1\/4.2\/44-54.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniform; rank in precedence; command","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-54.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Defense Force shall be uniformed and shall conform to standards of dress and appearance<\/span> in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Adjutant General. The uniform and insignia of the Virginia Defense Force shall include distinctive devices identifying it as a state defense force and distinguishing it from the National Guard or the armed forces of the United States. The wearing of permanent military decorations awarded in the service of the armed forces of the United States or in the national guards of the several states is authorized.\n\t\tThe grade structure of the Virginia Defense Force, to the extent practicable, shall be the same as that prescribed for the Army National Guard.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORM; RANK IN PRECEDENCE; COMMAND (\u00a7 44-54.9)\n\nThe Virginia Defense Force shall be uniformed and shall conform to standards of\ndress and appearance in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Adjutant\nGeneral. The uniform and insignia of the Virginia Defense Force shall include\ndistinctive devices identifying it as a state defense force and distinguishing\nit from the National Guard or the armed forces of the United States. The wearing\nof permanent military decorations awarded in the service of the armed forces of\nthe United States or in the national guards of the several states is authorized.\n\t\tThe grade structure of the Virginia Defense Force, to the extent practicable,\nshall be the same as that prescribed for the Army National Guard.\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}}