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2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7 - Privileges and Penalties › Section 398.

398. Any person who trespasses upon any campground, armory, airport, or other place devoted to military duty, or who in any way or manner interrupts or molests the orderly discharge of military duty, or who disturbs or prevents the passage of troops going to or returning from any duty is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be placed under arrest by or at the direction of the commanding officer of the troops or of the place concerned. The Adjutant General may cause any place to be declared “off limits” to members of the National Guard if necessary to protect the health, safety, morals or general welfare of such members during such times as the National Guard may be on active duty or in attendance at an encampment, maneuvers or extended exercise.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 536.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7 - Privileges and Penalties › Section 399.

399. (a) (1) The Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, or his or her designees, shall assist any eligible member or veteran who returns or has returned to this state in obtaining a best practice health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium. The screening should consist of a bioassay procedure capable of detecting depleted uranium at low levels and discriminating between different uranium isotopes. State funds shall not be used to pay for the tests or any other federal treatment services.
(2) The eligible member or veteran must return or have returned to this state after service in an area where depleted uranium was used or that was designated as a combat zone by the President of the United States after 1990. The eligible member or veteran shall either be assigned a risk level I, II, or III for depleted uranium exposure by his or her branch of service, be referred by a military physician, or have reason to believe that he or she was exposed to depleted uranium during his or her service.
(b) (1) In order to effectively provide the assistance required by subdivision (a), the Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, or his or her designees, shall develop and implement a plan for outreach to eligible members and veterans who have returned from combat areas where depleted uranium was used.
(2) The outreach plan shall provide information to eligible members and veterans concerning their potential exposure to depleted uranium, the possible hazards associated with exposure, and the right to federal depleted uranium screening services.
(c) For purposes of this section, all of the following apply:
(1) “Eligible member” means a member who served in the Persian Gulf War, as defined in Section 101 of Title 38 of the United States Code, in an area designated as a combat zone by the President of United States during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, or in any other combat theater where depleted uranium was used.
(2) “Member” or “member of the Armed Forces” means a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the California National Guard, who is a resident of this state.
(3) “Military physician” means a provider who is under contract with the United States Department of Defense to provide physician services to members of the Armed Forces.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 686, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7 - Privileges and Penalties › Section 399.5.

399.5. (a) (1) The Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, or his or her designees, shall assist any eligible member or veteran who returns or has returned to this state in obtaining an appropriate health screening test for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
(2) The eligible member or veteran must return or have returned to this state after service.
(b) (1) In order to effectively provide the assistance required by subdivision (a), the Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, or his or her designees, shall develop and implement a plan for outreach to eligible members and veterans who have returned from combat. The Adjutant General, or his or her designee, shall also develop and implement a plan for outreach to eligible members of the California National Guard who have returned from combat and remain on duty in order to effectively provide the service required by subdivision (a).
(2) Each outreach plan shall provide information to eligible members and veterans concerning traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, the possible impacts associated with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, and the right to screening services.
(c) For purposes of this section, both of the following apply:
(1) “Eligible member” means a member who served under Title 10 of the United States Code as designated by Executive Orders Nos. 12744 and 13239 of the President of the United States.
(2) “Member” or “member of the Armed Forces” means a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the California National Guard, who is a resident of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 593, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 400.

400. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Armed Forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(b) “Military orders,” with respect to a service member, means official military orders, or any notification, certification, or verification from the service member’s commanding officer with respect to the service member’s current or future military duty status.
(c) “Military service” means, as to a member of the militia, full-time active state service or full-time active federal service. As to a person who is not a member of the militia, “military service” means full-time active duty for a period in excess of seven days in any 14-day period.
(d) “Service member” means all of the following:
(1) A member of the militia, as defined in Section 120, called or ordered into active state or federal service pursuant to Section 143 or 146 or federal law.
(2) A member of an active or reserve component of the Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to federal law.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 379, Sec. 13. (AB 1715) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 404.

404. (a) A period of military service shall not be included in computing any period now or hereafter to be limited by any law, regulation, or order for the bringing of any action or proceeding in any court, board, bureau, commission, department, or other agency of government by or against any service member or by or against his or her heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, whether the cause of action or the right or privilege to institute the action or proceeding accrued prior to or during the period of service, nor shall any part of the period be included in computing any period now or hereafter provided by any law for the redemption of real property sold or forfeited to enforce any obligation, tax, or assessment.
(b) This section shall not apply with respect to any period of limitation prescribed by or under the federal Internal Revenue Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 6. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 405.

405. (a) No obligation or liability bearing interest at a rate in excess of 6 percent per year incurred by a service member before that person’s current period of military service shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), bear interest at a rate in excess of 6 percent per year as follows:
(1) For an obligation or liability consisting of a mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage, or any student loan, during any part of the period of military service and one year thereafter.
(2) For any other obligation or liability, during any part of the period of military service and 120 days thereafter.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if in the opinion of a court, upon application thereto by the obligee, the ability of the service member to pay interest upon an obligation or liability at a rate in excess of 6 percent per year is not materially affected by reason of that service, the court may make that order as in its opinion may be just.
(c) As used in this section, “interest” includes service charges, renewal charges, fees, or any other charges, except bona fide insurance, in respect of any obligation or liability.
(d) Interest at a rate in excess of 6 percent per year that would otherwise be incurred but for the prohibition in this section is forgiven. The amount of any periodic payment due from a service member shall be reduced by the amount of the interest forgiven under this section that is allocable to the period for which the payment is made.
(e) Any person violating this section shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the injured party.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 7. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 406.

406. (a) No eviction or distress shall be made during the period of military service specified in Section 400, until 120 days after the service member is released from active service or duty if the premises are occupied primarily for dwelling purposes by the spouse, children, or other dependents of a service member, except upon leave of court granted upon application therefor or granted in an action or proceeding affecting the right of possession.
(b) On any application or in any action under this section, the court may on its own motion, and shall, on application, stay the proceedings for the period specified in subdivision (a) or rather than granting a complete stay, the court may require the tenant to make regular partial payments during the service member’s period of military service, or the court may make any other order that it finds to be just, unless the court finds that the ability of the tenant to pay the agreed rent is not materially affected by that military service. Where that stay is made by the court, the owner of the premises shall be entitled, upon application therefor, to relief in respect of those premises similar to that granted persons in military service in Sections 407, 408, and 409.1 to that extent and for that period as may appear to the court to be just.
(c) Any person violating this section shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the injured party.
(d) Any person who knowingly takes part in any eviction or distress as provided in this section or who attempts to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 8. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 407.

407. (a) No person who has received, or whose assignor has received, under a contract for the purchase of real or personal property, a deposit or installment of the purchase price, or a deposit or installment under the contract, from a person or from the assigner of a person who, after the date of payment of the deposit or installment, has entered into a period of military service, shall exercise any right or option under that contract to rescind or terminate the contract or resume possession of the property for nonpayment of any installment due or for any other breach of its terms occurring prior to or during the period of that military service, or for 120 days thereafter, except by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Upon the hearing of that action as provided in subdivision (a), the court may order the repayment of prior installments or deposits or any part, as a condition of terminating the contract and resuming possession of the property, or may, in its discretion, on its own motion, and shall, on application to it by the service member or some person on the service member’s behalf, order a stay of proceedings as the court deems just, unless in the opinion of the court, the ability of the defendant to comply with the terms of the contract is not materially affected by reason of the service; or it may make any other disposition of the case as may be equitable to conserve the interests of all parties.
(c) Any person violating this section shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the injured party.
(d) Any person who shall knowingly resume possession of property that is the subject of this section in a manner other than as provided in subdivision (a), or attempts to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 9. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 408.

408. (a) This section shall apply only to obligations secured by mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage upon real or personal property owned by a service member.
(b) In any proceeding commenced in any court during, or within one year after, the period of military service to enforce that obligation as provided in subdivision (a), the court may, after hearing and in its discretion on its own motion, and shall, on application to it by the service member or some person on the defendant’s behalf, unless in the opinion of the court the ability of the defendant to comply with the terms of the obligation is not materially affected by reason of the defendant’s military service, do either of the following:
(1) Stay the proceedings for any period as the court deems just.
(2) Make any other disposition of the case as may be equitable to conserve the interests of all parties.
(c) No sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property for nonpayment of any sum due under any obligation as provided in subdivision (a), or for any other breach of the terms thereof, whether under a power of sale, under a judgment entered upon warrant of attorney to confess judgment contained therein, or otherwise, shall be valid if made during the period of military service or within one year thereafter, except pursuant to an agreement between the parties made after the nonpayment or breach, unless upon an order previously granted by the court and a return thereto made and approved by the court.
(d) Any person violating this section shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the injured party.
(e) Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property, defined as invalid by subdivision (c), or attempts to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 10. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 408.1.

408.1. (a) For purposes of this section, “covered member” has the same meaning as in the Military Lending Act pursuant to Section 987 of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(b) A security interest in personal property other than a motor vehicle, off-highway vehicle, trailer, vessel, or aircraft is void, and cannot be perfected, if it would cause a loan procured by a covered member in the course of purchasing the personal property to be exempt from the requirements of Section 987 of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(c) A security interest in a motor vehicle is void, and cannot be perfected, if it would cause a loan procured by a covered member in the course of purchasing the motor vehicle to be exempt from Section 987 of Title 10 of the United States Code, and the loan also funds the purchase of a credit insurance product or credit-related ancillary product.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 620, Sec. 5. (SB 1311) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.1.

409.1. (a) Where any life insurance policy on the life of a service member in military service has been assigned prior to that person’s period of military service to secure the payment of any obligation of the person, no assignee of the policy, except the insurer in connection with a policy loan, shall, during the period of military service of the insured or within one year thereafter, except upon the consent in writing of the insured made during that period or when the premiums thereon are due and unpaid or upon the death of the insured, exercise any right or option by virtue of that assignment unless upon leave of court granted upon an application made therefor by the assignee. The court may thereupon refuse to grant that leave unless in the opinion of the court the ability of the obligor to comply with the terms of the obligation is not materially affected by reason of his or her military service.
(b) No person shall exercise any right to foreclose or enforce any lien on the property or personal effects of a service member, including liens for storage, repair, or cleaning, during that person’s period of military service and for 120 days thereafter, except upon an order previously granted by a court upon application therefor and a return thereto made and approved by the court. In a proceeding to foreclose or enforce a lien subject to this section, the court may on its own motion, or if requested by a service member whose ability to comply with the obligation resulting in the proceeding is materially affected by military service, stay the proceeding for a period of time as justice and equity require, or adjust the obligation to preserve the interests of all parties.
(c) Any person violating this section shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the injured party.
(d) A person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 13. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.2.

409.2. (a) This section shall apply when any taxes or assessments, whether general or special, other than taxes on income, whether falling due prior to or during his or her most current period of military service, in respect of personal property, money, or credits, or real property owned and occupied for dwelling, professional, business, or agricultural purposes by a service member or his or her dependents at the commencement of the service member’s most current period of military service and still so occupied by the service member’s dependents or employees are not paid.
(b) No sale of this property shall be made to enforce the collection of any tax or assessment, or any proceeding or action commenced for that purpose, except upon leave of court granted upon application made therefor by the collector of taxes or other officer whose duty it is to enforce the collection of taxes or assessments. The court thereupon, unless in its opinion the ability of the service member to pay the taxes or assessments is not materially affected by reason of that service, may stay the proceedings or sale, as provided in this section, for a period extending not more than six months after the termination of the most current period of military service.
(c) When by law this property may be sold or forfeited to enforce the collection of any tax or assessment, the service member shall have the right to redeem or commence an action to redeem that property, at any time not later than six months after the termination of the period of military service.
(d) Whenever any tax or assessment shall not be paid when due, the tax or assessment due and unpaid shall bear interest until paid at the rate of 6 percent per year, and no other penalty or interest shall be incurred by reason of that nonpayment. Any lien for any unpaid taxes or assessment shall also include that interest thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 14. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.4.

409.4. (a) A person who by reason of military service is entitled to the rights and benefits of this chapter shall also be entitled upon release from that current period of military service to reinstatement of any health insurance that was in effect on the day before the current period of service commenced, and was terminated effective on a date during the period of the service.
(b) An exclusion or a waiting period may not be imposed in connection with reinstatement of health insurance coverage of a health or physical condition of a person under subdivision (a), or a health or physical condition of any other person who is covered by the insurance by reason of the coverage of that person, if any of the following apply:
(1) The condition arose before or during that person’s current period of service.
(2) An exclusion or waiting period would not have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by that person in the insurance.
(3) The condition of the person has not been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty within the meaning of Section 105 of Title 38 of the United States Code.
(c) Any person violating this section shall be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs incurred by the service member or other person entitled to the benefits and protections of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 16. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.5.

409.5. Dependents of a service member shall be entitled to the benefits accorded to service members under Sections 405 to 409.4, inclusive, upon application to a court therefor, unless in the opinion of the court the ability of the dependents to comply with the terms of the obligation, contract, lease, or bailment has not been materially impaired by reason of the military service of the person upon whom the applicants are dependent.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 105, Sec. 2. (AB 713) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.6.

409.6. The collection from any service member of any tax on the income of the person, whether falling due prior to or during his or her period of military service, shall be deferred for a period extending not more than six months after the termination of his or her period of military service if the person’s ability to pay the tax is materially impaired by reason of the service. No interest on any amount of tax, collection of which is deferred for any period under this chapter, and no penalty for nonpayment of the amount during that period, shall accrue for any period of deferment by reason of that nonpayment. The running of any statute of limitations against the collection of any tax by distraint or otherwise shall be suspended for the period of military service of any individual the collection of whose tax is deferred under this section, and for an additional period of nine months beginning with the day following the period of military service.
(Added by renumbering Section 415 (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 60) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 215. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.7.

409.7. Where in any proceeding to enforce a civil right in any court, it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that any interest, property, or contract has been transferred or acquired since the effective date of this chapter with the intent to delay the just enforcement of that right by taking advantage of the benefits provided under this chapter, the court shall enter judgment or make an order as might lawfully be entered or made, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter.
(Added by renumbering Section 416 (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 60) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 216. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.8.

409.8. (a) In any proceeding under this chapter, a certificate signed by an appropriately authorized officer of the military department, branch, or unit in which a service member is serving shall be prima facie evidence as to any of the following facts stated in that certificate:
(1) That a person named has not been, or is, or has been in the military service.
(2) The time when and the place where the person entered military service.
(3) The person’s residence at that time, and the rank, branch, and unit of the service that the person entered.
(4) The dates within which the person was in the military service.
(5) The monthly pay received by the person at the date of issuing the certificate.
(6) The time when and the place where the person died in or was discharged from the service.
(b) It shall be the duty of the authorized officer to furnish that certificate on application, and any certificate, when purporting to be signed by an officer purporting on the face of the certificate to have been so authorized, shall be prima facie evidence of its contents and of the authority of the signer to issue the certificate.
(c) Where a person in military service has been reported missing, he or she shall be presumed to continue in the service until accounted for, and no period herein limited which begins or ends with the death of the person shall begin or end until the death of the person is in fact reported to or found by the United States Department of Defense or any court or board thereof, or the Military Department or any court or board thereof, or until the person’s death is found by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by renumbering Section 417 (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 60) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 217. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.9.

409.9. Any interlocutory order made by any court under the provisions of this chapter may, upon the court’s own motion or otherwise, be revoked, modified, or extended by it upon notice to the parties affected as it may require.
(Added by renumbering Section 418 (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 60) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 218. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.10.

409.10. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Added by renumbering Section 419 (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 60) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 219. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.11.

409.11. It is the intent of the Legislature that qualification for the benefits and protections conferred upon service members, as defined by Section 400, by this chapter apply retroactively to September 11, 2001. However, it is also the intent of the Legislature that the benefits and protections that attach to qualified service members under this chapter apply only on a prospective basis.
(Added by renumbering Section 420 (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 60) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 220. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.13.

409.13. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and the California Constitution, any principal and interest on any financial obligation or liability bearing interest and incurred by a member of the California National Guard or his or her surviving spouse, or any principal and interest on any financial obligation or liability bearing interest incurred by a member of the California National Guard for which the beneficiary of that member is liable, shall be deferred for a period of six months after the death of the member without penalty or accrual of any additional interest.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Interest” includes service charges, renewal charges, fees, or any other charges with respect to any obligation or liability.
(2) “Beneficiary” means a beneficiary of the deceased member of the California National Guard who is or has become, after the member’s death, liable for any of the member’s financial obligations or liabilities bearing interest.
(c) This section shall only apply:
(1) To a member of the California National Guard that is killed in the line of duty in the service of the state or federal government.
(2) When a member’s surviving spouse or other beneficiary provides written notice of the death of the member to the financial institution to which he or she is liable and from which he or she is requesting deferral of interest and payments as set forth in this section.
(3) To a financial obligation or liability bearing interest that was created between a private entity and a member of the California National Guard or his or her surviving spouse, or to a financial obligation or liability bearing interest that was created between a private entity and a member of the National Guard for which the beneficiary of that member is liable, before that member’s entry into service.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 261, Sec. 1. Effective September 22, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.14.

409.14. A service member or other person seeking to enforce rights pursuant to this chapter shall not be required to pay a filing fee or court costs.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 385, Sec. 11. (AB 2365) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protections › Section 409.15.

409.15. (a)  Any person who receives a good faith request from a service member for relief pursuant to this chapter and who believes the request is incomplete or otherwise not legally sufficient, or that the service member is not entitled to the relief requested, shall, within 30 days of the request, provide the service member with a written response acknowledging the request, setting forth the person’s basis for believing or asserting that the request is incomplete or not legally sufficient, or that the service member is not entitled to the relief requested. The response shall clearly identify the specific information or materials that are missing from the request and that would be required to grant the relief requested, and provide contact information, including a mailing address and telephone number, which the service member can use to contact the person.
(b) If the person fails to make such a response in the timeframe set forth in this section, the person waives any objection to the request, and the service member shall be entitled to the relief requested.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 555, Sec. 17. (AB 3212) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 410.

410. The National Guard, Naval Militia, and unorganized militia when called into active service shall be provided by the State with the supplies and equipment, not supplied by the United States, necessary for the proper performance of functions authorized or prescribed by the laws and regulations of the State and the United States.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 411.

411. The board of supervisors of any county or the legislative body of any city may appropriate money from the general fund of such county or city for the use, benefit, or assistance of the National Guard or Naval Militia or for National Guard or Naval Militia purposes within such county or city only.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 728.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 412.

412. Any officer who is accountable for any Federal, State, or company funds or property who fails or neglects to deliver over such funds or property to the person designated by proper authority to relieve such officer, shall be charged with all shortages thereof not covered by the receipt obtained by such officer from the person to whom he has delivered the same.
Quartermasters and supply officers are accountable and responsible for all property issued to the headquarters to which they are attached or with which they are on duty.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 413.

413. All moneys including company funds, of which the commanding officer or other officer or employee is the custodian, shall be deposited in a national bank or a bank incorporated under the laws of this State. All moneys, funds, bonds, securities, property or other assets held in trust for or on behalf of any National Guard units or organizations or the commanding officers thereof, by the State of California, the State Treasurer, or other public or trust officer, may be paid to such units or organizations to be used for military purposes upon demand of the National Guard units or organizations or the commanding officers thereof provided the Adjutant General shall have approved such payment. If the National Guard units or organizations which made said payment or delivered said property in trust is or are not in existence, then said moneys, funds, bonds, securities, property or other assets so held in trust may be paid or delivered upon like demand to the successor or successors of said units or organizations. A National Guard unit or units or organizations shall be a successor or successors within the meaning of this section if it or they is or are located at, and its or their members reside in, the same general area as its or their predecessor. The order of the Adjutant General determining that a unit or units or an organization is or are a successor or successors within the meaning of this section shall be conclusive of the fact.
If no National Guard unit or units is or are organized in said general area as a successor or successors then the said moneys, funds, bonds, securities, property or other assets so held in trust may be paid or delivered upon like demand and approval to the next highest organized unit in the echelon of command that includes the said general area of said former units or organizations that may have deposited said property or assets in trust as aforesaid.
All money, funds, bonds, securities, property or other asssets paid or delivered to any National Guard unit or units or organization pursuant to this section shall be used for military purposes and the benefit of such unit or units or organization receiving the same, and if not so used shall be paid or delivered to the Adjutant General upon his demand and who shall in turn transmit the same to the State Treasurer in augmentation of the appropriations for military purposes. All of said units and organizations shall render an accounting to the Adjutant General upon demand and at least once in each calendar year.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 330.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 414.

414. Every officer and enlisted person to whom public property has been issued shall be personally responsible to the state for that property. No one shall be relieved from this responsibility, unless it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Governor, that the loss or destruction of the property was unavoidable and in no way the fault of the person responsible for the loss. In all other cases the value of the property lost or destroyed, in the amount determined by a surveying officer or a board as herein provided, shall be charged against the person at fault or, with the concurrence of the appropriate commanding officer, against the command to or for which it had been issued, and if not relieved from the charge by the Governor, there shall be an indebtedness from that person or command to the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 118, Sec. 36. (SB 1501) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 415.

415. If the commanding officer of the organization charged does not concur in the finding of the surveying officer, then the value of lost or destroyed property and the person or command to be charged therewith shall be determined by the board consisting of the commanding officer of the organization in which such property is lost and two disinterested officers not below the grade of major appointed by The Adjutant General. A decision of a majority of the board so constituted shall be final.
(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1183.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 416.

416. Where the amount determined by a board, as provided in Section 415, as the value of lost, damaged, or destroyed property is charged to a person, it shall be deducted from any pay or allowance due or to become due to him or her from the state. Money due to the state for any reason, with or without the action of a board, from a member of the active militia, a member of the unorganized militia when called for active duty, or any civilian employee of the Office of the Adjutant General shall be deducted or withheld from any money due or to become due that member or civilian employee from the state, including any pay and allowances payable pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 320) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2. Where the amount is charged to a command, it shall be deducted one-half in successive calendar years from any allowance or money due or to become due to it from the state, except that on the disbandment of a command any indebtedness then existing and any indebtedness as may be charged to it upon a final settlement of property accounts shall, as soon as determined, be paid out of its military funds or unexpended appropriations.
An action may be maintained in the name of the people of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General, upon request of the Adjutant General, to recover from a member of the active militia, a member of the unorganized militia when called for active duty, or any civilian employee of the Office of the Adjutant General or his sureties any indebtedness to the state remaining unpaid upon final determination of the indebtedness.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 114, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 417.

417. The transportation of arms, equipment, and military stores issued to troops or received by the State and all other military transportation shall be contracted for by the Adjutant General.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 393.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 418.

418. All property purchased out of the moneys allowed by the State for the use and convenience of the militia is the property of the State and shall be enumerated on the property returns next following its purchase.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 419.

419. No member of the militia shall wear or use, except when on military duty, or by special permission of his commanding officer, any uniform or other article of military property belonging to the State or to the organization of which he is a member.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 420.

420. No officer in charge of public property for military use shall transfer any portion thereof, either as a loan or permanently, without the authority of the Governor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 421.

421. Any person who secretes, sells, disposes of, offers for sale, purchases, retains after demand made by a commissioned officer of the National Guard or of the unorganized militia when called into the service of the state or Naval Militia, or in any manner pawns or pledges any arms, uniforms, equipment, or military or naval property of the state or of the United States, or of any organization of the active militia or of the unorganized militia when called into the service of the state is guilty of a felony if said arms, uniforms, equipments, or military or naval property of the state or of the United States is of a value of nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) or more, otherwise such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 5. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 422.

422. Any person other than an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person of the California National Guard, or of the unorganized militia when called into the service of the state or of the State Guard or who may be appointed under Section 141 or who may be authorized by Sections 502, 502.1, or 502.2 or who may be a member of the Naval Militia of this state, or who may be a member of the military forces of another state or of the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Space Force, United States Coast Guard Service or United States or State Forest Service, or personnel of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, or members of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or an inmate of any veterans’ or soldiers’ home, or other person authorized by the laws of the United States or of this state, who at any time wears the uniform of the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Navy, or of the armed forces of the United States or any organization thereof, or National Guard or Naval Militia, or any part of that uniform, or a uniform or part of a uniform similar thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 60 days, or by both.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 379, Sec. 14. (AB 1715) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 423.

423. Whenever the National Guard or Naval Militia, or any part thereof, is in active service or is called into active service, no civic organization or member thereof shall parade or appear in uniform in the locality where the National Guard or Naval Militia is in service.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 2 - THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › PART 1 - THE STATE MILITIA › CHAPTER 8 - Equipment and Accommodations › ARTICLE 1 - Funds, Arms, and Equipment › Section 424.

424. Any person, who at any time wears the uniform of, or a uniform similar to that of, a foreign military or semimilitary organization without being a member thereof and being entitled to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 60 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the wearing of such uniforms by actors during the filming of any motion picture or the presentation of any stage play.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 228. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)