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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":363737,"section_number":"44-114.1","catch_line":"Orders transmitted to and through the Governor","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-114.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1448729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363739,"identifier":"44-114.3","token":"44\/1\/12.1\/44-114.3","url":"\/44-114.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-114.3\/","token":"44\/1\/12.1\/44-114.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Orders void if transmitted to militia before Governor notified","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-114.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Adjutant General or anyone else in the Department of Military Affairs should receive such a message of the kind referred to in \u00a7 44-114.1<\/a> and fail to notify the Governor immediately, and subsequently transmits such orders<\/span>, for the purpose of having such orders<\/span> executed, to any personnel of the state militia, or to any person other than the Governor, then such order<\/span> or orders<\/span> shall be illegal, null and void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDERS VOID IF TRANSMITTED TO MILITIA BEFORE GOVERNOR NOTIFIED (\u00a7 44-114.3)\n\nIf the Adjutant General or anyone else in the Department of Military Affairs\nshould receive such a message of the kind referred to in \u00a7 44-114.1 and fail to\nnotify the Governor immediately, and subsequently transmits such orders, for the\npurpose of having such orders executed, to any personnel of the state militia,\nor to any person other than the Governor, then such order or orders shall be\nillegal, null and void.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 540, \u00a7 3.","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"}}