Title 31

The personally owned uniforms, arms, and equipment, required by laws or regulations of every commissioned, warrant, and noncommissioned officer, musician and enlisted man of the armed forces of the state, shall be exempt from sale under any execution or other process for debt or …

Members of the militia in the active armed forces of the state shall not be arrested on any process issued by or from any civil officer or court, except in the case of a felony or a breach of the peace, while going to, remaining at, or returning from any place at which he may be …

In the event of all or part of the National Guard of Alabama being called, drafted, or ordered into the service of the United States, the Governor may organize, equip, train, and maintain, only during periods when the National Guard of Alabama is in the federal service or when th…

All property, both real and personal, belonging to a unit of the armed forces of the state, officially recognized as such by the federal government, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxes, state, county, and municipal. This exemption shall apply to real property when leased to any…

All post exchanges or canteens owned, operated, and run exclusively by National Guard units shall be exempt from the payment of all state, county, city, or town licenses, operating permits, and taxes, and shall be exempt from payment of tobacco and gasoline operating permits and …

No organization of the armed forces of the state shall go out of the state except by permission of the Governor. (Acts 1936, Ex Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §111; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §83.)

Whenever any portion of the militia shall be called into the active service of the state to execute the law, suppress a riot or insurrection, repel invasion, protect lives and property, or in aid and relief of citizens in disaster, the law, including the Uniform Code of Military …

United States Armed Forces or any portion of the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama parading or performing any duty, according to law, shall have the preferable right in any street or highway through which they may pass; provided that the carrying of the United States mai…

The Military Department may pay medical expenses for members of the National Guard or Alabama State Defense Force who become ill during active military service or who have minor injuries as a direct result of active military service for the state not covered by the State Employee…

Awards by the State Board of Adjustment on claims filed for damages caused by members of the National Guard of Alabama while acting in the line of duty in the active military service of the state shall be paid from appropriations of the State Military Department or from the State…

For the purpose of coordinating and making more effective the field and similar classes of instruction and training in organizations of the National Guard jointly maintained by Alabama and another state or other states during periods of field or similar training as provided under…

Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the National Guard and Naval Militia, when employed in the active military or naval service of the state, as defined and provided in this chapter, are entitled to pay for such service, which will begin on the day of assembly a…

No action or proceedings shall be prosecuted or maintained against a member of a military court or officer or person acting under its authority or reviewing its proceedings on account of the approval or imposition or execution of any sentence or any warrant, writ, execution, proc…

In the event the provisions of Section 31-2-8 become operative, then the Governor and the Adjutant General shall have all the power, authority, duties, and rights in relation to the Alabama State Defense Force as they have in relation to the National Guard of Alabama not in feder…

If a civil or criminal action shall be commenced in any court by any person against any member of the National Guard of this state for any act or omission alleged to have been committed by such member while on any duty under this chapter, or against any member acting under the au…

Any person bringing a civil or criminal action against a member of the National Guard of this state for any act done while in discharge of his military duty shall give security for the costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by the state or defendant in defending the same, …

The employment of a reporter may be authorized by the convening authorities for any general or special court-martial. When a reporter is employed, he shall be paid upon the certificate of the judge advocate and upon the approval of the Governor from the regular military appropria…