Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5923 - Organized Militia

• Section 5923.01 - State Militia Membership - Limitation Of Troops.
  (A) The Ohio organized militia consist of all citizens of the state who are not permanently handicapped, as handicapped is defined in section 4112.01...
• Section 5923.02 - Persons Exempt From Military Service.
  (A) The following persons, if subject to duty in the Ohio organized militia, may be exempted by the adjutant general from duty on request:...
• Section 5923.03 - Membership Of Ohio National Guard, Ohio Military Reserve, And Ohio Naval Militia.
  (A) The Ohio national guard consists of the members of the Ohio organized militia who are enlisted, commissioned, or warranted in the Ohio national...
• Section 5923.04 - Appointment Of Officers In Ohio Military Reserve.
  All commissioned officers of the Ohio military reserve shall be appointed by the governor as commander in chief. Effective Date: 09-23-1985
• Section 5923.05 - Paid Military Leave For Permanent Public Employees.
  (A) (1) Permanent public employees who are members of the Ohio organized militia or members of other reserve components of the armed forces of...
• Section 5923.051 - State Employees Called To Active Duty Continuation Or Reactivation Of Health Benefit Coverage.
  Notwithstanding sections 1751.54, 3923.381, and 3923.382 of the Revised Code, the state and any agency, authority, commission, or board of the state, at the...
• Section 5923.06 To 5923.08 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1985
• Section 5923.09 - Compensation For Attendance At Drill.
  Each enlisted member and each commissioned or warrant officer of the Ohio military reserve or Ohio naval militia, if funds are appropriated for this...
• Section 5923.10 - Lost, Damaged, Or Destroyed Equipment Or Property - Payment Of Shortage.
  (A) If any enlisted member in the Ohio organized militia willfully, maliciously, purposely, or through carelessness or neglect, permits any of the arms, equipment,...
• Section 5923.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-02-1953
• Section 5923.12 - Pay And Allowances For State Active Duty - Protections Afforded Members.
  When ordered to state active duty by the governor, for which duty federal basic pay and allowances are not authorized, members of the organized...
• Section 5923.13 - Regulations, Bonds, And Reports.
  The adjutant general shall make such regulations, require such bonds and reports, and furnish such blank forms as he deems necessary to carry out...
• Section 5923.14 - Method Of Payments.
  Payments under sections 5923.09 and 5923.12 of the Revised Code shall be made on such forms as directed by and upon the voucher of...
• Section 5923.141 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
• Section 5923.15 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-24-1961
• Section 5923.16 - Military Stores.
  The adjutant general shall direct the assistant quartermaster general in the procurement, accounting, and maintenance of all military stores purchased by the state. He...
• Section 5923.17 - Purchase And Custody Of Equipage - Care Of Stores - Credit For Lost Property.
  The adjutant general, after the appropriations are made for that purpose, may purchase and keep ready for use, or issue to the Ohio national...
• Section 5923.18 - Unserviceable Military Stores.
  When military stores belonging to the state become unserviceable, the adjutant general may convene a board of survey consisting of not less than three...
• Section 5923.19 - Sale Or Exchange Of Condemned Stores.
  The adjutant general may sell condemned military stores belonging to the state, the sums realized from the sales to be turned into the state...
• Section 5923.20 - Annual Appropriations And Allowances.
  Upon the request of the adjutant general, there shall be appropriated and allowed annually such sums as the adjutant general shall determine to be...
• Section 5923.21 - Call To Service By Governor.
  (A) The Ohio organized militia may be called by the governor by proclamation to aid the civil authorities to do any of the following:...
• Section 5923.22 - Order Of Unit, Part Or Individual To Aid Civil Authorities.
  (A) Whenever the governor determines that the organized militia may lawfully be called to duty under section 5923.21 of the Revised Code, the governor...
• Section 5923.23 - Contents Of Order To Aid Civil Authorities - Command And Control.
  (A) When members of the organized militia are called to state active duty by the governor, the orders shall state in general terms the...
• Section 5923.231 - Proclamation Of Martial Law.
  After issuing an order to duty pursuant to section 5923.21 of the Revised Code, the governor, if in his judgment any breakdown of law...
• Section 5923.24 To 5923.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-29-1994
• Section 5923.27 - Privileges And Immunities While On State Active Duty.
  (A) No member of the organized militia called to state active duty shall be arrested on any warrant, except for treason or felony, while...
• Section 5923.28 - Conformity Of Military Laws With Federal Laws And Regulations.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the military laws of this state shall conform to all laws of and regulations...
• Section 5923.29 - Inventory Of Unexpendable State Military Property - Additions Or Deductions.
  The adjutant general shall cause an inventory to be made of all unexpendable military property of each organization of the organized militia which is...
• Section 5923.30 - Action Against Officer Unable To Account Properly For Money Or Property.
  Whenever it is ascertained by the adjutant general or the auditor of state that any officer of the organized militia is unable to properly...
• Section 5923.31 - Persuading Member Of Militia To Disregard Duty Prohibited.
  No person shall advise or endeavor to persuade an officer or soldier of the organized militia not to appear at the place of assembly...
• Section 5923.32 - Disposing Of Military Property Belonging To State Prohibited.
  No person shall sell, dispose of, conceal, detain, or refuse to give up arms or property belonging to this state, or money or other...
• Section 5923.33 - Uniforms And Insignia Worn Unlawfully.
  No person shall wear any uniform or any device, strap, knot, or insignia of any design or character used as a designation of rank,...
• Section 5923.34 - Government And Discipline.
  The organized militia shall be governed and disciplined by the military laws of the state, the orders of the commander in chief, acts of...
• Section 5923.35 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-18-1997
• Section 5923.36 - Limitation Of Actions.
  Any civil proceedings brought against any member of the organized militia alleging an act of willful or wanton misconduct, which alleged act was performed...
• Section 5923.37 - No Liability For Negligence While On State Active Duty.
  (A) No member of the organized militia ordered to state active duty shall be liable in negligence for any act performed within the scope...
• Section 5923.39 To 5923.48 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-10-1961
• Section 5923.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 5923.31 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six...

Last modified: October 10, 2016