Title 30, Title 30 Affairs and Defense

Any person who is a duly qualified member of any of the reserve forces of the United States who, in order to perform any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority, leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of an employer,…

A reservist’s absence for military training will in no way affect the employee’s right to receive normal vacation, sick leave, bonus, advancement, and other advantages of his or her employment normally to be anticipated in his or her particular position. In the event of the failu…

Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided for in §§ 30-11-2 and 30-11-6 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or to confinement for not more than one year, or both. Any person making a complaint for the violation o…

No military forces of this state other than the national guard (and the naval militia) shall be required to serve outside the boundaries of this state except: (1) Upon the request of the governor of another state, the governor of this state may, in his or her discretion, order an…

(a) No person shall discriminate against any officer or enlisted person of the military or naval forces of the United States or of this state because of his or her membership therein. (b) No person shall prohibit or refuse entrance to any officer or enlisted person of the militar…

Any person who willfully trespasses upon any camp or parade ground, armory, arsenal, rifle range, or property lawfully used by, or in connection with, the militia, or any part thereof; or injures any property situated thereon; or willfully violates thereon any regulations establi…

Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided for in chapters 1 — 14 of this title shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or to confinement for not more than one year, or both. Any person making a complaint for the viol…

Any person described in § 30-12-1 who shall be apprehended or captured in another state by an organization, unit, or detachment of the forces of this state shall, without unnecessary delay, be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which the person is taken,…

Any military force or organization, or unit, or detachment thereof of another state that is in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies, or enemy forces may continue that pursuit into this state until the military or police forces of this state, or the forces of the …

No military force from another state, territory, district, or country shall be permitted to enter the state for the purpose of doing military duty therein, except as provided in § 30-12-3, without the permission of the governor, unless this force is part of the Department of Defe…

The commanding officer, upon any occasion of duty, may place in arrest, during the continuance thereof, any person who shall trespass upon a camp or parade ground, armory, arsenal, rifle range, or any other place devoted to or used for militia purposes; who shall in any way or ma…

Any person who assaults, fires at, or throws any missile at, against, or upon any uniformed member or body of the militia, or other person lawfully aiding that member or body, when assembling or assembled for the purpose of performing any militia duty, shall be guilty of a misdem…

(a) No body of persons, other than the national guard, the independent chartered military organizations, the unorganized militia on active duty, the military and naval forces and air force of the United States, associations wholly composed of soldiers, sailors, marines, or air pe…

Any person who shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, purchase, retain after demand made by the adjutant general or a commissioned officer of the national guard, willfully damage, or in any manner pledge or pawn any arms, ammunition, uniforms, equipment, supplies, or ot…

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person not an officer or enlisted person of the national guard to wear the duly prescribed uniform of the national guard, or any distinctive part of that uniform, or a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the duly prescri…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any person who has an interest, other than an official interest, in the prosec…

Any person subject to this code, charged with an offense under this code, shall be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require; but when charged only with an offense normally tried by a summary court-martial, that person shall not ordinarily be placed in conf…

Any person subject to this code who compels, or attempts to compel, the commander of any of the state military forces of the state, or of any other state, to give the command up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, …

Any person subject to this code who, in time of war, discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it, or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his or her…

Any person subject to this code who forces a safeguard shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(a) All persons subject to this code shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the United States, and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority, without delay, all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control…

Any person subject to this code who: (1) Aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or (2) Without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects, or gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with, or holds any interc…

Any person subject to this code who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war: (1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his or her captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever…

Any person subject to this code who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority: (1) Sells or otherwise disposes of; (2) Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or (3) Willfully or through neglect suffers to be damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of; any military pro…

Any person subject to this code who, while in a duty status, willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States, or of the state, shall be punished as a court-martial may…

(a) Any person subject to this code who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces of the United States, or of the state military forces, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Any person subject to this code who neglig…

Persons confined other than in a guard house, whether before, during, or after trial by a military court, shall be confined in civil jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the governor or by that person as he or she may authorize to act.

Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle while drunk, or in a reckless or wanton manner, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who is found drunk on duty or sleeping upon his or her post, or who leaves his or her post before being regularly relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service in the state military forces: (1) Feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement; or (2) Intentionally inflicts self-injury; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.…

Any person subject to this code who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who, in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice conducted under this code, willfully and corruptly gives, upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, any false testimony material to the issue or matter of…

Any person subject to this code: (1) Who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent: (A) Makes any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof; or (B) Presents to any person in the civil, or military service thereof, for approval or payment any claim against the…

(a) Any person subject to this code who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind: (1) With intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person o…

Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, or unbecoming an officer and a lady, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his or her charge, when the committing…

Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the state military forces, of which persons subject to this code may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial…

(a) Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter may be convened by the governor or by any other person designated by the governor for that purpose, whether or not the persons involved have requested an inquiry. (b) A court of inquiry consists of three (3) or more commissioned off…

(a) The following members of the state military forces may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice, and affidavits may be taken for those purposes before persons having the general powers of a notary public: (1) The state judge adv…

Sections 30-13-2, 30-13-3, 30-13-7 — 30-13-15, 30-13-27, 30-13-29, 30-13-40, 30-13-58, 30-13-76 — 30-13-118, and 30-13-123 — 30-13-125 shall be carefully explained to every enlisted member at the time of that member’s enlistment or transfer or induction into, or at the time of hi…

Any member of the state military forces who believes himself or herself wronged by his or her commanding officer, and who, upon due application to that commanding officer, is refused redress, may complain to any superior commissioned officer, who shall forward the complaint to th…

(a) Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that willful damage has been done to the property of any person or that person’s property has been wrongfully taken by members of the state military forces, that officer may, subject to such regulations as the governor may …

In addition to the officers prescribed under the laws and regulations of the United States and in § 30-13-127(b), all processes and sentences of the military courts of the state military forces shall be directed to, and executed by, any deputy sheriff, town sergeant, constable, m…