Mil. & Vet. Code, § 143 · Article 2. Commander in Chief
Mil. & Vet. Code, § 143
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Whenever the Governor is satisfied that rebellion, insurrection, tumult, or riot exists in any part of the state, that the execution of civil or criminal process has been forcibly resisted by bodies of persons, that any conspiracy or combination exists to resist by force the execution of process, or that the officers of any county or city are unable or have failed for any reason to enforce the laws, the Governor may, by proclamation, declare any part of the State of California or the county or city or any portion thereof to be in a state of insurrection, and may thereupon order into the service of the state any number and description of the active militia, or unorganized militia, as deemed necessary, to serve for a term and under the command of any officer as the Governor directs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 129, Sec. 9. (SB 1097) Effective January 1, 2025.
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Cited by 16 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Mil. & Vet. Code, § 143. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
Military and Veterans Code
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 145Printed as Section 143
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 321Printed as Section 143 or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 340Printed as Section 142, 143, or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 340.1Printed as Sections 142, 143, or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 340.2Printed as Sections 142, 143, or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 365Printed as Sections 128, 143, or 146 of this code
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 366Printed as Sections 128, 143, or 146 of this code
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 400Printed as Section 143 or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 803Printed as Section 143 or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 821Printed as Section 143 or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 824Printed as Section 143 or 146
- Mil. & Vet. Code, § 827Printed as Section 143 or 146
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