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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363928</law_id><section_number>44-86</section_number><catch_line>When ordered out for service</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="10" identifier="8">Unorganized Militia</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The commander in chief may at any time, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to execute the <span class="dictionary">law</span>, <span class="dictionary">suppress</span> riots or insurrections, or repel invasion, or aid in any form of disaster wherein the lives or property of citizens are imperiled or may be imperiled, <span class="dictionary">order</span> out the National Guard and the inactive National Guard or any parts thereof, or the whole or any part of the unorganized militia. When the militia of this Commonwealth, or a part thereof, is called forth under the Constitution and <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States, the Governor shall <span class="dictionary">order</span> out for service the National Guard, or such part thereof as may be necessary; and he may likewise <span class="dictionary">order</span> out such a part of the unorganized militia as he may deem necessary. During the absence of organizations of the National Guard in the service of the United States, their state designations shall not be given to new organizations.</p></section></text><history>1930, p. 965; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 2673(72); 1958, c. 393.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
