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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363739</law_id><section_number>44-114.3</section_number><catch_line>Orders void if transmitted to militia before Governor notified</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="97" identifier="44">Military and Emergency Laws</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Military Laws of Virginia</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="15" identifier="12.1">Orders Inducting State Militia Into Federal Service</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the Adjutant General or anyone else in the Department of Military Affairs should receive such a message of the kind referred to in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Orders transmitted to and through the Governor" href="/44-114.1/">44-114.1</a> and fail to notify the Governor immediately, and subsequently transmits such <span class="dictionary">orders</span>, for the purpose of having such <span class="dictionary">orders</span> executed, to any personnel of the state militia, or to any person other than the Governor, then such <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">orders</span> shall be illegal, null and void.</p></section></text><history>1958, c. 540, &#xA7; 3.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
