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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 765; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0572\">572<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0586\">586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363930,"identifier":"44-88","token":"44\/1\/8\/44-88","url":"\/44-88\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-88\/","token":"44\/1\/8\/44-88","dublin_core":{"Title":"Incorporation into the Virginia Defense Force","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-88","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever the Governor <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> out the unorganized militia or any part thereof, it shall be incorporated into the Virginia Defense Force until relieved from service.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINCORPORATION INTO THE VIRGINIA DEFENSE FORCE (\u00a7 44-88)\n\nWhenever the Governor orders out the unorganized militia or any part thereof, it\nshall be incorporated into the Virginia Defense Force until relieved from\nservice.\n\nHISTORY: 1944, p. 25; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 2673(73); 1984, c. 765; 2011, cc.\n572, 586.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}