Title 31 — Title 31
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Ala. Code § 31-2-23 Arms, Equipment, Etc., to Be Deposited in Armories, Etc
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All arms, equipment, and ordnance stores which shall be furnished to the several commands under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the armories, headquarters or grounds of the commands for safekeeping. History: (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, …
Ala. Code § 31-2-24 Preservation of Arms, Equipment, Etc., by Officers
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All commissioned officers of the National Guard and Naval Militia of this state shall exercise the strictest care and vigilance for the preservation of the equipment, arms, and uniforms and military property furnished to their several commands under the provisions of this chapter…
Ala. Code § 31-2-25 Accountability and Responsibility of Officers for Military Property in
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Custody; Powers and Duties of Adjutant General as Exclusive Custodian of State Military Property. Any officer receiving public property for military use shall be accountable and responsible for the articles so received by him, and he shall not transfer such property, or any porti…
Ala. Code § 31-2-26 Officers of Disbanded Organizations to Return Arms, Equipment, Etc.,
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to Custody of Adjutant General. Upon the disbandment of any organization which has received arms, equipment or stores from the state in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the commissioned officers of such organizations shall be responsible for the safe return to the …
Ala. Code § 31-2-27 Unauthorized Use of Military Property for Private Purposes
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No officer or enlisted man shall use, except upon military duty or by special permission of his commanding officer, any articles of military property belonging to the United States or the State of Alabama, and upon the use of such property for private purposes, without legal auth…
Ala. Code § 31-2-28 Officers and Enlisted Men Personally Responsible for Care, Etc., of
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Military Property in Custody. Every officer and enlisted man to whom any articles of military property are delivered in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, shall be held personally responsible for their care, safeguarding, and return. He shall use the same for military p…
Ala. Code § 31-2-29 Wilful or Malicious Destruction, Etc., of Military Property
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Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously destroy, injure, or deface any arms or articles of military property belonging to the United States or the State of Alabama shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding double the value o…
Ala. Code § 31-2-3 (Operative If the Federal Government Creates a Space National Guard
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by 2025) Divisions of State Militia; Composition of Organized Militia and National Guard. The militia of the state shall be divided into the organized militia, the retired list, and the unorganized militia, which together shall constitute the state military forces. The organized …
Ala. Code § 31-2-30 Sale, Exchange, Etc., of Military Property; Seizure, Etc., of Illegally
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Acquired Military Property. The clothes, arms, accoutrements, and military property of every character furnished by or through the state to any member of the armed forces of the state shall not be sold, bartered, loaned, exchanged, pledged, or given away, and no person not a memb…
Ala. Code § 31-2-31 Sale, Pawn; Purchase or Unauthorized Retention of Military Property;
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Seizure, Etc., of Unlawfully Retained Property. Any person who sells, pawns, purchases, retains or has in his possession or custody, without right, any military property belonging to this state or the United States, or any unit of the armed forces of the state, and who, after pro…
Ala. Code § 31-2-32 Liability of Officers and Enlisted Men for Lost or Damaged Military
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Property. Whenever any military property of the United States or the State of Alabama shall have been lost, damaged, or destroyed, and upon report of a disinterested survey officer, it shall appear that the loss, damage, or destruction of the property was due to carelessness or n…
Ala. Code § 31-2-33 Failure of Officers, Etc., to Make Required Reports Concerning Military
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Arms, Funds, Etc. Any officer, warrant officer, enlisted man, or any other person who fails to make any report required of him by law concerning arms and other military equipment, or funds appropriated for military purposes must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00. Hist…
Ala. Code § 31-2-34 Proceedings When Member of Armed Forces Unable to Account for
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Property or Money. Whenever it is ascertained by the Adjutant General of the state or the United States property and fiscal officer or the state property and disbursing officer of the National Guard of Alabama, that any member of the armed forces of the state is unable properly t…
Ala. Code § 31-2-35 Matters Governed by Custom and Usage of United States Armed
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Forces. All matters relating to the organization, discipline, and government of the National Guard and Naval Militia not otherwise provided by law or by regulations shall be decided by the custom and usage of the United States Armed Forces. History: (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143…
Ala. Code § 31-2-36 Acceptance, Etc., of Commission, Etc., in State Armed Forces and
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United States Reserve Components Not Incompatible with Holding of Civil Office. Any citizen of this state may accept and hold a commission or warrant or enlisted membership in the armed forces of the state and reserve components of the United States without vacating any civil off…
Ala. Code § 31-2-37 Annual Encampments or Cruises
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Subject to the restrictions of the National Defense Act and other federal laws governing the armed forces, the Governor may annually order into the service of the state the whole or such portion of the armed forces of the state as he may deem proper, the period of such service to…
Ala. Code § 31-2-38 When Officers, Enlisted Men, Etc., Deemed to Be “In the Active Military
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or Naval Service of the State.” The armed forces of the state ordered into the service of the state for the enforcement of the law, the preservation of the peace, or for the security of the rights and lives of citizens or protection of property in aid and relief of citizens in di…
Ala. Code § 31-2-39 Emergency Purchases
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No officer or member of the armed forces of the state shall incur any expenses whatsoever to be paid by the state, except such expenses as are authorized in this chapter, without first obtaining the consent of the Governor or of the Adjutant General; provided that in extreme emer…
Ala. Code § 31-2-4 Composition of Naval Militia
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The Naval Militia of Alabama shall consist of the regular enlisted militia between the ages of 18 and 45 years, organized, armed, and equipped as hereinafter provided, and commissioned officers between the ages of 19 and 64, but enlisted men may continue in the service after the …
Ala. Code § 31-2-40 Enforcement of Sanitation Laws in Camps or Garrisons
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The commanding officer of any camp or garrison shall enforce all state and federal sanitation laws within the limits prescribed in this chapter. History: (Acts 1939, No. 509, p. 774; Code 1940, T. 35, §42; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §41.)
Ala. Code § 31-2-41 National Guard and Naval Militia Service Medals. (Amended by Act
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2026-491) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-491, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. Any present or former officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man who shall have faithfully served in the National Guard or Naval Militia for an aggregate …
Ala. Code § 31-2-42 Retirement of Officers and Enlisted Men from National Guard
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Retirement of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men from the Alabama National Guard shall be in conformity with the applicable statutes and regulations relating to the United States Armed Forces and reserve components thereof. History: (Acts 1939, No. 509, p. 774; Code 194…
Ala. Code § 31-2-43 Status of Officers and Enlisted Men of National Guard and Naval Militia
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Upon Release from Active Federal Service. Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama, after being called, drafted, or ordered into the federal service, shall, upon being relieved from active duty in the military and naval servic…
Ala. Code § 31-2-44 Payment of Expenses by State Upon Call, Etc., into Federal Service of
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National Guard and Naval Militia. Under the provisions of such rules and regulations as shall be approved by the Governor, and for a period of not more than five days following the day of the call, draft, or order into the service of the United States, the State of Alabama may pa…
Ala. Code § 31-2-45 Designations of Units Engaged in Federal Service
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During the absence of any unit of the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama in the service of the United States, its state designation shall not be given to a new organization. History: (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §49; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 15…
Ala. Code § 31-2-46 When Unorganized Militia May Be Ordered Out for Active Service
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The Commander in Chief may at any time, in order to execute the law, suppress riots or insurrections, or to repel invasion, or for the purpose of aid and relief of citizens in disaster, in addition to the active National Guard, the inactive National Guard, and the Naval Militia, …
Ala. Code § 31-2-47 Rules, Regulations, Etc., Governing Unorganized Militia in Active
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Service; Appointment, Etc., of Emergency Officers in State Militia. Whenever any part of the unorganized militia is ordered out for active military service, or other service which may be necessary in the discretion of the Governor, it shall be governed by the same rules and regul…
Ala. Code § 31-2-48 Manner of Ordering Out Unorganized Militia; Organization; Appointment
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of Officers. The Governor shall, when ordering out the unorganized militia, designate the number. He may order them out either by call for volunteers or draft. The unorganized militia may be attached to the several organizations of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or organize…
Ala. Code § 31-2-49 Draft of Unorganized Militia
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If the unorganized militia is ordered out by draft, the Governor shall designate the persons in each county or city who are to make the draft and prescribe rules and regulations for conducting the same, which shall conform as nearly as possible to the selective service machinery …
Ala. Code § 31-2-5 Composition of Unorganized Militia
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The unorganized militia shall consist of all able-bodied male resident citizens of the state and all able-bodied resident males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, between the ages of 17 and 45, and of such other persons, male and female, as…
Ala. Code § 31-2-50 Failure to Appear for Duty in Militia
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Every member of the militia ordered out for duty or who shall volunteer or be drafted, who does not appear at the time and place ordered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History: (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §57; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §51.)
Ala. Code § 31-2-51 Commander in Chief - Designated
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The Governor of Alabama, or any other person lawfully administering the duties of the office of the Governor of the state, shall be Commander in Chief of all the military and naval forces of the state, except when they shall be called or ordered into the service of the United Sta…
Ala. Code § 31-2-52 Commander in Chief - Powers and Duties Generally
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(a) The Governor of Alabama, as Commander in Chief, shall have power and is hereby authorized and directed to alter, increase, divide, annex, consolidate, disband, organize, or reorganize any organization, department, or unit, so as to conform as far as practicable to any organiz…
Ala. Code § 31-2-53 Personal Military Staff of Governor
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The personal military staff of the Governor shall consist of one officer with the rank of colonel and as many other officers as the Governor may consider appropriate with the rank of lieutenant colonel or commander, all of whom shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor …
Ala. Code § 31-2-54 Governor’s Flag
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There shall be a Governor’s flag of the following design and specifications. A flag of the same colors, dimensions, proportions, and description as prescribed for the flag of the State of Alabama. In addition thereto, there shall appear, in the field in the upper angle formed by …
Ala. Code § 31-2-55 (Operative If the Federal Government Creates a Space National Guard
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by 2025) Appointment of Officers and Enlisted Men and Women of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of National Guard. Officers and enlisted men and women of the headquarters and headquarters detachment of the Alabama Army, Air, and Space National Guard shall be selected and …
Ala. Code § 31-2-56 Exhibitions, Athletic Matches and Contests in Armories, Etc
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Exhibitions of various kinds and boxing, sparring, wrestling, and other athletic matches and contests may be held in the armories or on the adjacent grounds of any National Guard or Naval Militia Unit or post, under supervision and control of the board of control of such armory, …
Ala. Code § 31-2-57 (Operative If the Federal Government Creates a Space National Guard
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by 2025) Assignment of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachments of National Guard During National Crisis. All members of the federally recognized headquarters and headquarters detachment, Alabama Army, Air, and Space National Guard, who are full-time military employees of the st…
Ala. Code § 31-2-58 Adjutant General - Qualifications; Appointment; Term; Commission;
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Rank; Powers and Duties Generally; Seal. The head of the Military Department shall be a commissioned officer of the National Guard of Alabama and shall be designated as the Adjutant General. He shall be designated and assigned to duty as the Adjutant General by the Governor and s…
Ala. Code § 31-2-59 Adjutant General - Status and Duties Upon Call, Etc., into Federal
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Service of National Guard. The Adjutant General shall be qualified for commission and shall be commissioned, if authorized by the laws of the United States now or hereafter enacted, in the Adjutant General’s corps, or such other corps or branch of the service as will enable him t…
Ala. Code § 31-2-6 Persons Exempted from Militia Service, Etc
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The officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States and the State of Alabama, persons in the Armed Forces of the United States, customhouse clerks, persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mails, artisans and workmen employed in th…
Ala. Code § 31-2-60 Organization of Military Department; Qualifications, Appointment, Rank,
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Etc., of Employees of Department; Applicability of Merit System to Department Officers and Employees. The Adjutant General may have to assist him or her in performance of his or her duties and to perform the various duties of the Military Department such number of officers and em…
Ala. Code § 31-2-61 Salaries of Officers and Employees of Military Department
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Salaries of officers and other employees of the Military Department shall be such as are now or may hereafter be provided by law. All salaries provided shall be paid in the same manner as salaries of other state officials and employees are paid, and may be paid out of any appropr…
Ala. Code § 31-2-62 Bonds of Adjutant General and Other Employees of Military
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Department. The Adjutant General and such other employees of the Military Department of the state who handle state or United States property or state or United States funds, including the United States property and fiscal officer and the state property and disbursing officer, sha…
Ala. Code § 31-2-63 Offices, Furniture, Stationery, Etc., of Military Department
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The Director of the Department of Finance shall assign to the Adjutant General suitable offices and rooms for conducting therein the business of the Military Department of the state, and this department shall be furnished furniture, stationery, postage, lights, heat, telegraph an…
Ala. Code § 31-2-67 Annual Report by Adjutant General to Governor
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On or before December 1 next preceding the beginning of each regular session of the Legislature of Alabama, the Adjutant General shall prepare and submit to the Governor a report covering the functioning of the State Military Department during the period since the last previous s…
Ala. Code § 31-2-68 Audit of Books, Accounts, Etc., of Adjutant General and Other Officers
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The books, accounts, and vouchers of the Adjutant General and all other officers of the National Guard of Alabama handling state military property or state military funds shall be audited upon the direction of the Governor in the same manner and under the same conditions as accou…
Ala. Code § 31-2-69 Standards for Appointment, Removal, Etc., of Officers of State Armed
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Forces; Qualifications of Federally Recognized National Guard. Officers of the armed forces of the state, including the Adjutant General, shall be appointed, and shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal, or compulsory retirement as such solely on the basis of military p…
Ala. Code § 31-2-7 Maintenance of Troops in Time of Peace
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In time of peace, the state shall maintain only such troops as may be authorized by the President of the United States, but nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights of the state in the use of the National Guard and State Guard and equipments issued the Na…
Ala. Code § 31-2-70 Officers to Have Same Powers and Duties as Officers in Armed Forces
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of United States. In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in this chapter, all officers of the National Guard and Naval Militia of Alabama shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as officers of similar rank and position in the Armed Forces of the United Sta…