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Any officer receiving public property for military use shall be responsible for the articles so received by him; and he shall not transfer such property, or any portion thereof, to another, either as a loan or permanently, without the authority of the Adjutant General, or his duly authorized representative.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1355034,"text":"All commissioned officers of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force shall exercise the strictest care and vigilance for the preservation of the uniforms, arms, supplies, equipment and military property furnished to their several commands under the provisions of this chapter. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1958, chapter 393; in 1984, chapter 765; in 2011, chapters 572<\/a> and 586<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 221<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363725,"identifier":"44-104","token":"44\/1\/11\/44-104","url":"\/44-104\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-104\/","token":"44\/1\/11\/44-104","dublin_core":{"Title":"Care required and liability of officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All commissioned officers of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force shall exercise the strictest care and vigilance for the preservation of the uniforms, arms, supplies, equipment and military property furnished to their several commands under the provisions of this chapter. Any officer receiving public property for military use shall be responsible for the articles so received by him; and he shall not transfer such property, or any portion thereof, to another, either as a loan or permanently, without the authority of the Adjutant General, or his duly authorized representative.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCARE REQUIRED AND LIABILITY OF OFFICERS (\u00a7 44-104)\n\nAll commissioned officers of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense\nForce shall exercise the strictest care and vigilance for the preservation of\nthe uniforms, arms, supplies, equipment and military property furnished to their\nseveral commands under the provisions of this chapter. Any officer receiving\npublic property for military use shall be responsible for the articles so\nreceived by him; and he shall not transfer such property, or any portion\nthereof, to another, either as a loan or permanently, without the authority of\nthe Adjutant General, or his duly authorized representative.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 968; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(89); 1958, c. 393; 1984, c.\n765; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2015, c. 221.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}