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North Dakota Statutes, Title 37

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Title 37, Military

42 chapters · 306 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 37306 Ch 37-01, General Provisions47 Ch 37-17.1, Emergency Services40 Ch 37-15, Veterans' Home21 Ch 37-09, Military Courts19 Ch 37-03, Adjutant General17 Ch 37-14, Veterans' Relief and Rehabilitation15 Ch 37-18, Department of Veterans' Affairs13 Ch 37-17.3, State Radio Broadcasting System13 Ch 37-04, Commissioned Officers11 Ch 37-17.4, Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health P…11 Ch 37-28, Military Operations Adjusted Compens…9 Ch 37-26, Operation Desert Shield and Desert S…8 Ch 37-27, War and Armed Conflict Veterans' Com…8 Ch 37-02, Organization of Militia7

11 sections·Filtered byTitle 37✕Ch 37-04✕

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-01 Commissioned officers of national guard - Qualifications
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Officers of the national guard may not be commissioned as such unless they are at least nineteen years of age and shall have been selected from the classes of persons having the qualifications prescribed by federal law.
N.D.C.C. § 37-04-02 Commissioned officer of national guard to be examined
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Any person appointed and commissioned an officer of the national guard shall successfully pass such tests as to the person's physical, moral, and professional fitness as shall be prescribed by federal law, and the examination to determine the person's qualifications for a commiss…
N.D.C.C. § 37-04-03 Officers commissioned by governor - Assigning or reassigning officers
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Officers must be commissioned by the governor, and each commission must designate the arm or branch of service in which the officer named therein is commissioned. Officers must be assigned or reassigned to duty in the various regiments or lesser separate organizations by the imme…
N.D.C.C. § 37-04-04 Oath required of commissioned officers in national guard
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Commissioned officers of the national guard of this state shall take and subscribe, in substance, the following oath of office: I, ______________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of North Dakota, against …

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-06 Duties of officer to devolve upon officer next in rank upon absence or disability

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The duties assigned to a designated officer by any provision of this title devolve, in case of the absence or disability of such officer, upon the line officer next in rank who has been designated by command of the officer named, except as otherwise provided in this title.

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-07 Responsibility for efficiency

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The officer commanding the national guard may cause those under that officer's command to perform any military duty, and that officer is responsible to the governor for the general efficiency of the national guard and for the drill, instruction, small arms and artillery practice,…

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-14 Resignation of commissioned officers

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Commissioned officers may resign in such manner and under such circumstances as may be prescribed by federal regulations.

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-15 Vacating commissions - Acquisition of reserve status

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A commission in the national guard may be vacated: 1. At any time when it is determined by an efficiency board as provided by federal regulation that the officer holding the commission is no longer fit for service by reason of the officer's moral character, capacity, or general f…

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-16 Retirement and discharge of national guard officers

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Any officer of the national guard who has federal recognition removed due to age, as proscribed by federal law, must be placed on the retired list by the governor. Any officer who has served as such under a commission in the military service of this state for a continuous period …

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-17 Board appointed to determine disability, unfitness, or incompetency of officers - Powers of board - Findings

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Before the governor shall make an order placing an officer on the retired list on the ground that such officer is disabled, unfit, or incompetent, the governor shall appoint a board of not less than five commissioned officers, one of whom must be a surgeon, to investigate and rep…

N.D.C.C. § 37-04-18 Retired officer subject to orders of commander in chief only

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The officers on the retired list are subject to detail for duty only by orders from the commander in chief, who shall cause to be issued such orders as the commander in chief deems necessary detailing them for duty upon boards of officers for military purposes, courts-martial, an…