                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPOSITION OF MILITIA (§ 44-1)

The militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall consist of all able-bodied
residents of the Commonwealth who are citizens of the United States and all
other able-bodied persons resident in the Commonwealth who have declared their
intention to become citizens of the United States, who are at least 16 years of
age and, except as hereinafter provided, not more than 55 years of age. The
militia shall be divided into three classes: the National Guard, which includes
the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; the Virginia Defense Force;
and the unorganized militia.

HISTORY: 1930, p. 948; 1942, p. 642; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(1); 1944, p. 24;
1958, c. 393; 1970, c. 662; 1973, c. 401; 1976, c. 399; 1979, c. 647; 1984, c.
765; 1989, c. 414; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2015, c. 221.