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This law was first created in 1958. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 540 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 1958 \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 2015, chapter 221<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":363738,"section_number":"44-114.2","catch_line":"Governor to be notified of receipt of order; no action taken until his instructions complied with","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-114.2\/"},{"id":363739,"section_number":"44-114.3","catch_line":"Orders void if transmitted to militia before Governor notified","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-114.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363737,"identifier":"44-114.1","token":"44\/1\/12.1\/44-114.1","url":"\/44-114.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-114.1\/","token":"44\/1\/12.1\/44-114.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Orders transmitted to and through the Governor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-114.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All orders<\/span> from the federal government or any of its officers, agencies, or departments to the state militia of Virginia, including the National Guard and the unorganized militia, that relate to the call, induction, or drafting of Virginia state troops of any type or description into the federal service for active duty or otherwise and withdrawing them from the control of the Governor of Virginia shall be first transmitted to and through the Governor of Virginia. The Governor, as commander in chief of the state militia, shall not approve, consent to, or concur in any such order<\/span> that has not been transmitted as herein required.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDERS TRANSMITTED TO AND THROUGH THE GOVERNOR (\u00a7 44-114.1)\n\nAll orders from the federal government or any of its officers, agencies, or\ndepartments to the state militia of Virginia, including the National Guard and\nthe unorganized militia, that relate to the call, induction, or drafting of\nVirginia state troops of any type or description into the federal service for\nactive duty or otherwise and withdrawing them from the control of the Governor\nof Virginia shall be first transmitted to and through the Governor of Virginia.\nThe Governor, as commander in chief of the state militia, shall not approve,\nconsent to, or concur in any such order that has not been transmitted as herein\nrequired.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 540, \u00a7 1; 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"}}