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Such service or execution of process or sentence shall be made by such officer without tender or advancement of fee therefor, but all costs in such cases shall be paid from funds appropriated for military purposes. The actual necessary expenses of conveying a prisoner from one county or city in the Commonwealth to another, when the same is authorized and directed by the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth, shall be paid from the military fund of the Commonwealth upon a warrant approved by the Adjutant General.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1355444,"text":"All processes and sentences of any of the military courts of this Commonwealth shall be executed by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, sergeant, or police officer into whose hands the same may be placed for service or execution, and such officer shall make return thereof to the officer issuing or imposing the same. Such service or execution of process or sentence shall be made by such officer without tender or advancement of fee therefor, but all costs in such cases shall be paid from funds appropriated for military purposes. The actual necessary expenses of conveying a prisoner from one county or city in the Commonwealth to another, when the same is authorized and directed by the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth, shall be paid from the military fund of the Commonwealth upon a warrant approved by the Adjutant General.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":51919,"edition_id":2,"name":"National Guard Courts-Martial","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":4,"parent_id":51899,"metadata":{"child_laws":14,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:51:10","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:33:29","permalink":{"id":1448975,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51919,"identifier":"4","token":"44\/1\/4","url":"\/44\/1\/4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51899,"edition_id":2,"name":"Military Laws of Virginia","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":51898,"metadata":{"child_laws":150,"child_structures":16},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:50:49","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:33:29","permalink":{"id":1448553,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51899,"identifier":"1","token":"44\/1","url":"\/44\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51898,"edition_id":2,"name":"Military and Emergency Laws","identifier":"44","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":97,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":233,"child_structures":28},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:50:49","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:33:29","permalink":{"id":1448551,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51898,"identifier":"44","token":"44","url":"\/44\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":363881,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-42","catch_line":"Kinds of courts-martial; how constituted and powers","url":"\/44-42\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-42","metadata":false},{"id":363882,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-43","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/44-43\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-43","metadata":false},{"id":363883,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-44","catch_line":"Special courts-martial","url":"\/44-44\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-44","metadata":false},{"id":363884,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-45","catch_line":"Summary courts-martial","url":"\/44-45\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-45","metadata":false},{"id":363886,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-46","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/44-46\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-46","metadata":false},{"id":363885,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-46.1","catch_line":"Military judges","url":"\/44-46.1\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-46.1","metadata":false},{"id":363887,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-47","catch_line":"Process and procedure","url":"\/44-47\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-47","metadata":false},{"id":363888,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-48","catch_line":"Review of judgments of courts-martial; procedure","url":"\/44-48\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-48","metadata":false},{"id":363889,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-49","catch_line":"Where sentences executed","url":"\/44-49\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-49","metadata":false},{"id":363891,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-50","catch_line":"How process and sentence executed","url":"\/44-50\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-50","metadata":false},{"id":363892,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-51","catch_line":"Certificates","url":"\/44-51\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-51","metadata":false},{"id":363893,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-52","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/44-52\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-52","metadata":false},{"id":363894,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-53","catch_line":"Collection of fines","url":"\/44-53\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-53","metadata":false},{"id":363907,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-54","catch_line":"Disposition of fines","url":"\/44-54\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-54","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":363889,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-49","catch_line":"Where sentences executed","url":"\/44-49\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-49","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":363892,"structure_id":51919,"section_number":"44-51","catch_line":"Certificates","url":"\/44-51\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-51","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/44-50\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1976, chapter 399.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363891,"identifier":"44-50","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-50","url":"\/44-50\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-50\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-50","dublin_core":{"Title":"How process and sentence executed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-50","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All processes and sentences of any of the military <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> of this Commonwealth shall be executed by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, sergeant, or police officer into whose hands the same may be placed for service or execution, and such officer shall make return thereof to the officer issuing or imposing the same. Such service or execution of process or sentence shall be made by such officer without tender or advancement of fee therefor, but all costs in such cases shall be paid from funds appropriated for military purposes. The actual necessary expenses of conveying a prisoner from one county or city in the Commonwealth to another, when the same is authorized and directed by the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth, shall be paid from the military fund of the Commonwealth upon a warrant approved by the Adjutant General.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW PROCESS AND SENTENCE EXECUTED (\u00a7 44-50)\n\nAll processes and sentences of any of the military courts of this Commonwealth\nshall be executed by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, sergeant, or police officer\ninto whose hands the same may be placed for service or execution, and such\nofficer shall make return thereof to the officer issuing or imposing the same.\nSuch service or execution of process or sentence shall be made by such officer\nwithout tender or advancement of fee therefor, but all costs in such cases shall\nbe paid from funds appropriated for military purposes. The actual necessary\nexpenses of conveying a prisoner from one county or city in the Commonwealth to\nanother, when the same is authorized and directed by the Adjutant General of the\nCommonwealth, shall be paid from the military fund of the Commonwealth upon a\nwarrant approved by the Adjutant General.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 957; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(40); 1958, c. 393; 1976, c.\n399.","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"}}