{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-49-401","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 49-401","heading":"Militia; persons to be enrolled.","body":"Every able-bodied male citizen resident within the District of Columbia, of the age of 18 years and under the age of 45 years, excepting persons exempted by § 49-402, and idiots, lunatics, common drunkards, vagabonds, paupers, and persons convicted of any infamous crime, shall be enrolled in the militia. Persons so convicted after enrollment shall forthwith be disenrolled; and in all cases of doubt respecting the age of a person enrolled, the burden of proof shall be upon him.","path":["Title 49. Military.","Chapter 4. Composition, Organization, and Control.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/49-401","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6fa8e8886d1650e2abcfa30b632badf17e7b68574fa973dddbb7eee21296951f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-49-313","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-49-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}