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Armories owned by such units shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1355590,"text":"Companies or other organizations of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force shall have the right to own and keep real and personal property necessary for their use, which shall belong to and be under control of the active members of the unit; and the commanding officer of any unit shall have the right and power to maintain any suit, in his own name, to recover for the use of the unit any debts or effects belonging to the unit, or damages for the injury thereof; and no suit pending in his name shall be abated by his ceasing to be the commanding officer of the unit; but upon motion of the commander succeeding him, such commander shall be admitted to prosecute the suit in like manner and with like effect as if it had been originally instituted by him. 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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":1448663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363948,"identifier":"44-99","token":"44\/1\/10\/44-99","url":"\/44-99\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-99\/","token":"44\/1\/10\/44-99","dublin_core":{"Title":"Organizations may own property; suits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-99","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Companies or other organizations of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force shall have the right to own and keep real and personal property necessary for their use, which shall belong to and be under control of the active members of the unit; and the commanding officer of any unit shall have the right and power to maintain any suit, in his own name, to recover for the use of the unit any debts or effects belonging to the unit, or damages<\/span> for the injury thereof; and no suit pending in his name shall be abated by his ceasing to be the commanding officer of the unit; but upon motion<\/span> of the commander succeeding him, such commander shall be admitted to prosecute<\/span> the suit in like manner and with like effect as if it had been originally instituted by him. Armories owned by such units shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORGANIZATIONS MAY OWN PROPERTY; SUITS (\u00a7 44-99)\n\nCompanies or other organizations of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia\nDefense Force shall have the right to own and keep real and personal property\nnecessary for their use, which shall belong to and be under control of the\nactive members of the unit; and the commanding officer of any unit shall have\nthe right and power to maintain any suit, in his own name, to recover for the\nuse of the unit any debts or effects belonging to the unit, or damages for the\ninjury thereof; and no suit pending in his name shall be abated by his ceasing\nto be the commanding officer of the unit; but upon motion of the commander\nsucceeding him, such commander shall be admitted to prosecute the suit in like\nmanner and with like effect as if it had been originally instituted by him.\nArmories owned by such units shall be exempt from all state, county and\nmunicipal taxation.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 967; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(84); 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"}}