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Alabama Statutes, Title 31

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Title 31

23 chapters · 553 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 31553 Ch 2A, Military Justice127 Ch 2, Military Code121 Ch 9, Emergency Management54 Ch 13, Illegal Immigration36 Ch 8, Pensions for Widows of Confederate V…31 Ch 4, Armory Commission19 Ch 6, Veterans’ and Dependents’ Educationa…18 Ch 9A, Alabama Homeland Security Act of 200316 Ch 2C, Alabama National Guard Legal Assista…15 Ch 2B, Alabama National Guard Legal Service…14 Ch 5, Department of Veterans’ Affairs13 Ch 10, National Guard Educational Assistance13 Ch 5A, State Veterans’ Homes11 Ch 5B, Alabama Veterans Resource Center Act10

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Ala. Code § 31-1-1 Record of Releases from Active Duty from Military Service
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(a) The county commission of each county shall cause to be prepared and furnished to each judge of probate a well-bound book of record, the back or side of which shall bear the following words, “Record of Releases from Active Duty from the United States Army, Air Force, Coast Gua…
Ala. Code § 31-1-2 Minor Veterans Empowered to Contract Liability for Repayment of Certain Loans
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Any veteran, eligible for a loan pursuant to the “Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944” or any amendments thereto, or under any similar federal or state acts, who may be a minor, is hereby empowered with his or her spouse, if any, who may be a minor, to contract liability in thi…
Ala. Code § 31-1-3 Revolving Fund for Payment of Operating and Maintaining Quarters; Funding; Annual Budget; Using Profits to Upgrade Facilities; Deposit of Funds
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(a) There is hereby created in the State Military Department a revolving fund for the payment of operating and maintaining quarters at Alabama National Guard training sites for senior officers and enlisted personnel. (b) There is hereby appropriated and allocated to the State Mil…
Ala. Code § 31-1-4 County Commissions Required to Allow Certain Veterans’ Organizations to Use County Buildings for Meetings

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(a) The county commission of each county of the state shall allow use of an appropriate meeting room in the county courthouse or other county building by any local veterans’ organization to conduct regular and special business meetings. (b) The term “veterans of the United States…

Ala. Code § 31-1-5 Historical Museum Site in Baldwin County

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(a)(1) The Legislature finds that the State Military Department has numerous items of U.S. military history including, but not limited to, equipment, uniforms, and weapons, which the department has in storage and which could be housed and made available for public display in a hi…

Ala. Code § 31-1-6 Professional Licenses and Certificates for Spouses of Active Duty Military Personnel

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(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act. (b) Except as provided in subsection (h), and notwithstanding other provisions of law, this section shall apply to any board, agency, commission, or other entity providing professional l…

Ala. Code § 31-1-7 Access to and Use of Facilities Owned by the Alabama National Guard Extended to Certain Veterans and Caregivers

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(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 1720G(d), or its successor, if any. (2) FAMILY CAREGIVER. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 1720G(d), or its successor, if any.…

Ala. Code § 31-1-8 United States Space Force Included in United States Armed Forces

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(a) The United States Space Force was established onDecember 20, 2019, under the National Defense AuthorizationAct as the first new branch of the United States Armed Forcesin 73 years. (b) The mission of the United State Space Force is toconduct global space operations to enhance…

Ala. Code § 31-1-9 Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

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(a) The United States has eight uniformed federal services that commission officers under Title 10 of the United States Code, consisting of the six Armed Forces of the United States (United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, Unit…

Ala. Code § 31-2-1 (Operative If the Federal Government Creates a Space National Guard by 2025) Definitions

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The following definitions shall be used in construing, interpreting, enforcing, and applying the provisions of this chapter or any provision of any other act affecting the militia, the Military Department, or any parts thereof: (1) ARMED FORCES OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. The Nation…

Ala. Code § 31-2-10 Appropriations for State Defense Force

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(a) All regular military appropriations made for the purpose of recruiting, organizing, and maintaining the National Guard of Alabama or Naval Militia shall, in the event the National Guard is disbanded, abandoned, or called to federal active duty, be available and is hereby appr…

Ala. Code § 31-2-100 Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Subpoena of Witnesses

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A court-martial may subpoena any witness residing within 100 miles of the place where the court is sitting to appear and testify before it, and the sheriff, on receiving any subpoena issued by direction of the court-martial and signed by the judge advocate thereof, or by the offi…

Ala. Code § 31-2-102 Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Payment of Expenses

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All expenses incurred in court-martial proceedings, including the payment of a reporter, sheriff’s fees for service of complaints, warrants, summons, and subpoenas, witness fees, and the payment of officers and the judge advocate of the court, shall be paid out of the regular mil…

Ala. Code § 31-2-104 Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Persons Authorized to Execute Processes and Sentences

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All processes and sentences of any of the military courts of this state shall be executed by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer, or by any person deputized by the military court, into whose hands the same may be placed for service or execution, and such off…

Ala. Code § 31-2-105 Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Delivery of Certificate to Sheriff for Execution of Sentence; Disposition of Fines

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Where any sentence of a fine or imprisonment shall be imposed by any military court of this state, it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General, upon approval of the findings and sentences of such court by the Governor, to make out and sign a certificate entitling the case, givin…

Ala. Code § 31-2-106 Courts-Martial for Members of National Guard - Compensation of Civil Officers for Execution of Process, Etc

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Sheriffs and other civil officers executing the warrants of arrest or process of courts-martial pursuant to this chapter shall receive as compensation therefor the fees allowed by law for like services in the criminal courts, the same to be taxed by such courts-martial. All such …

Ala. Code § 31-2-107 Courts of Inquiry

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Courts of inquiry, to consist of one or more officers, may be, or on the request of the officer involved, shall be, instituted by the Adjutant General for the purpose of investigating the conduct of any officer, any accusation or imputation against him, or any acts made the subje…

Ala. Code § 31-2-108 Appropriations for Operation, Support, Etc., of National Guard Organizations; Quarterly Allowances to Commanders

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The Legislature of Alabama shall appropriate during each of its regular sessions, or during such other sessions as conditions may require, a sufficient sum of money, based upon estimates and recommendations of the Adjutant General and approved by the Governor, for the purpose of …

Ala. Code § 31-2-109 Ordering Out of Troops - Authority of Governor

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The Governor may call out all, or such portion of the militia and volunteer forces of the state as may be deemed advisable, to execute the laws, suppress insurrection and repel invasion, or to provide assistance in cases of disaster. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1…

Ala. Code § 31-2-11 Exemption of Officers and Enlisted Men of National Guard, Etc., from State Jury Duty

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Owing to liability to call for military duty during their term of service, every officer and enlisted man of the National Guard, Naval Militia and Alabama State Guard when activated in lieu of the National Guard, shall be exempt from state jury duty during his active membership, …

Ala. Code § 31-2-110 Ordering Out of Troops - Restrictions

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No portion of the National Guard of Alabama shall be called into service, or be used in the enforcement of the laws of the state, without the authority of the Governor, except in those cases authorized by this chapter. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §16…

Ala. Code § 31-2-111 Ordering Out of Troops - Request to Governor by Local Officials

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Whenever any circuit court judge, municipal court judge, probate court judge, sheriff, or mayor of any incorporated city, town, or village, shall have reasonable cause to apprehend the outbreak of any riot, rout, tumult, mob, or combination to oppose the enforcement of the laws b…

Ala. Code § 31-2-112 Ordering Out of Troops - Issuance of Order by Governor; Authority of Local Civil Authorities to Order Out Troops

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(a) Whenever there is an insurrection or outbreak of a formidable character which has overawed, or threatens to overawe, the ordinary civil authorities, or in cases of disaster, and the authorities in such county, city, or town, have attempted and failed to quell the same by use …

Ala. Code § 31-2-113 Ordering Out of Troops - Commanding Officers May Require Written Instructions from Civil Authorities; Compliance with Instructions

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Any officer whose command is called out under the provisions of this chapter and reporting to any civil authority, may require such civil authority to make such instructions in writing and prescribe therein the outline of the duties required of him and his command, and may declin…

Ala. Code § 31-2-114 Ordering Out of Troops - Reports to Governor When Troops Ordered by Civil Authorities

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Whenever any National Guard troops are ordered out by a civil authority under the provisions of this chapter, without first obtaining an order from the Governor, it shall be the duty of the civil authority and also of the commander of such National Guard troops to report the fact…

Ala. Code § 31-2-115 Dispersion of Mob, Etc. - Order to Disperse

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Before using military force in the dispersion of any riot, rout, tumult, mob, or other lawless or unlawful assembly or combination mentioned in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the civil officer calling out such military force, or some other conservator of the peace or, if n…

Ala. Code § 31-2-116 Dispersion of Mob, Etc. - Order to Disperse - Failure to Obey Order

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Any person or persons composing or taking part in any riot, rout, tumult, mob, or lawless combination or assembly mentioned in Section 31-2-115 who, after being duly commanded to disperse as provided in Section 31-2-115, wilfully and intentionally fails to do so, is guilty of a f…

Ala. Code § 31-2-117 Dispersion of Mob, Etc. - Authority to Act to Disperse Mob, Etc

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After any person or persons composing or taking part, or about to take part, in any riot, mob, rout, assault, or unlawful combination or assembly mentioned in this chapter shall have been duly commanded to disperse or where the circumstances are such that no such command is requi…

Ala. Code § 31-2-118 Right of National Guard Members, Etc., Under Indictment, Etc., for Injuries to Persons or Property Incurred During Performance of Duties to Change of Venue of Trial

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Any civil or military officer or member of the National Guard or any person lawfully aiding them in the performance of any duty required under the provisions of this chapter, indicted or sued for any injury to person or property in endeavoring to perform such duty, shall have the…

Ala. Code § 31-2-119 Assault on National Guard Members, Etc., Assembled for Performance of Duties

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Any person who unlawfully assaults or fires at, or throws any missile at, against, or upon any member or body of the National Guard, civil officer, or other person lawfully aiding them, when assembling or assembled for the purpose of performing any duty under the provisions of th…

Ala. Code § 31-2-12 Exemption from Motor Vehicle License Tax, Etc.; Distinctive National Guard License Plates

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(a) There shall be exempt from the operation of the privilege or license tax and registration fee now or hereafter to be levied on automobiles and motor vehicles by the State of Alabama, one passenger vehicle owned by any active member of the Alabama National Guard or the Alabama…

Ala. Code § 31-2-120 Protection of National Guard Troops, Etc., from Assault, Etc

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If any portion of the National Guard, or persons lawfully aiding them in the performance of any duty under the provisions of this chapter, are assaulted, attacked, or are in imminent danger thereof, the commanding officer of such National Guard need not await any orders from any …

Ala. Code § 31-2-121 Duty to Disperse When Shot Fired, Etc., at National Guard

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Whenever any shot is fired or missile thrown at or upon any body of the National Guard in the performance of any duty under the provisions of this chapter, it shall forthwith be the duty of every person in the assemblage from which the shot is fired or missile thrown immediately …

Ala. Code § 31-2-122 Regulation of Passage and Occupancy on Streets, Etc., During Riot, Etc

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Whenever any rout, riot, or mob has occurred or is in progress or is so imminent that any portion of the National Guard is, or has been, called out for the performance of any duty under the provisions of this chapter, it shall be lawful for the commanding officer of the National …

Ala. Code § 31-2-123 Commanders of National Guard Troops May Prescribe Boundaries Around Jails, Public Buildings, Etc., from Which Public Excluded

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The commander of any body of National Guard troops guarding any jail, public building, or other place, or escorting any prisoner may, if he deems it advisable, prescribe a reasonable distance in the vicinity of such jail, public building, or other place, or escort of such prisone…

Ala. Code § 31-2-124 Commanders of National Guard Troops May Order Closing of Certain Places and Forbid Sale of Certain Commodities

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When any part of the National Guard of Alabama is in active service by order of the Governor or other civil authority to aid in the enforcement of the laws, in cases of insurrection, invasion, riot, or imminent threat thereof, or disaster, the commanding officers of such troops m…

Ala. Code § 31-2-125 Unauthorized Military Organizations

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Any two or more persons, whether with or without uniform, who associate, assemble, or congregate together by or under any name in a military capacity for the purpose of drilling, parading, or marching at any time or place or otherwise take up or bear arms in any such capacity wit…

Ala. Code § 31-2-126 Commanders May Incarcerate and Detain Persons Interfering with Performance of Troops; Abatement of Menaces to Health or Safety of Command

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The commanding officer of troops in the active service of the state shall have the power to incarcerate and detain, until such person can be turned over to the civil authorities, any person guilty of drunkenness, breach of peace, or disorderly conduct, which interferes with the p…

Ala. Code § 31-2-128 Dropping Allowance

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A dropping allowance may be established by the Adjutant General as an item of the budget of the State Military Department and included in the regular appropriations made by the Legislature from time to time for the organization and maintenance of the National Guard of Alabama, ba…

Ala. Code § 31-2-129 Counties or Municipalities May Appropriate Funds for Military Purposes for Local National Guard and Naval Militia Units

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The county commission in each county and the city council, city commissioners, or other governing body of a municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, at their discretion, to appropriate such sums of money as they may deem wise and advisable, not otherwise appropriated, to…

Ala. Code § 31-2-13 Service Benefits for Government Employees, Etc

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(a) Military leave of absence. All officers and employees of the State of Alabama, or of any county, municipality, or other agency or political subdivision thereof, or officers or employees of any public or private business or industry who are active members of the Alabama Nation…

Ala. Code § 31-2-130 Counties or Municipalities May Sell, Etc., Real Estate and Buildings to Local National Guard Units for Military Purposes

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The county commission in each county and the city council, city commissioners, or other governing body of a municipality are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, rent, lease, or give any real estate and buildings belonging to the county or municipality to any unit of the Nati…

Ala. Code § 31-2-131 Revolving Fund

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In order to facilitate the execution of the purposes of this chapter and the necessary movements of troops and property, the Adjutant General shall have the authority to use a cash fund, not to exceed $2,000, to be advanced to an officer of the State Military Department designate…

Ala. Code § 31-2-132 Regular Military Appropriations

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The Legislature of Alabama shall appropriate during each of its regular sessions, or during such other sessions as conditions may require, a sufficient sum of money, based upon estimates and recommendations of the Adjutant General and approved by the Governor, for the purpose of …

Ala. Code § 31-2-133 Special Appropriations for National Guard in Active Military Service of State

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In addition to the moneys to be appropriated for the purpose stated in Section 31-2-132, there shall be appropriated by the Legislature at each of its regular sessions, or such other sessions as conditions may require, out of the moneys not otherwise appropriated, such sum as may…

Ala. Code § 31-2-134 National Guard Challenge Program

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(a) In addition to any other authority provided by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any laws of the State of Alabama, the Governor, as Commander in Chief of the organized militia of this state and in accordance with 32 U.S.C. §509, may order or direct that the Alabama Nati…

Ala. Code § 31-2-14 Bonds of Persons Responsible for Public or Military Property or Public Funds

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(a) Persons required to give bond. Any person to whom public or military property is issued at any time, or to whom any public money is paid or who disburses any such funds, may be required to give bond in a surety company conditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his offic…

Ala. Code § 31-2-15 Depositories and Arsenals for Military Property; Disposition of Unexpended Regular Military Appropriations

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The Governor shall, when necessary, designate a depository or depositories for the undistributed military property of the state, or in the custody of the state, which shall be maintained at the expense of the state. Any portion of any regular appropriation for the support of the …

Ala. Code § 31-2-16 Per Diem of Officers or Enlisted Men Under Military Travel Orders

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Any officer or enlisted man of the armed forces of the state detailed for duty by the Governor and while performing such duty under travel orders by the Governor or the Adjutant General, shall be paid the same amount of per diem as a federal active duty officer or enlisted man wo…

Ala. Code § 31-2-17 Unauthorized Wearing of Uniform of United States Armed Forces

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It shall be unlawful for any person not an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man of the United States Armed Forces to wear the duly prescribed uniform or any distinctive part thereof, of the uniform of the United States Armed Forces, within the boundaries of the State of Alab…