# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 13. Militia

### Subtitle 8. Courts-Martial

#### Section 13-811

(a) No excuse is valid for absence from an assembly except:

  (1) good faith absence from the place where the assembly is ordered;

  (2) illness of the individual that prevents the individual's attention to ordinary pursuits;

  (3) sickness in the individual's family that requires the individual's personal care and presence; or

  (4) any other reason that the court finds satisfactory.

(b) No excuse is valid for absence from an annual inspection except:

  (1) illness of the individual that would prevent attendance; or

  (2) illness in the individual's family that requires the individual's personal care and presence.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)