Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
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Title
36 — Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations
Chapter
STII/PTB/CH1531
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution”. The corporation has the exclusive right to use and to allow others to use seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1423.)
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
15310436:18c.Feb. 20, 1896, ch. 23, § 4, as added Oct. 1, 1976, Pub. L. 94–443, § 2, 90 Stat. 1475.
The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “the corporation adopts” are substituted for “as have heretofore been adopted or used by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution” for consistency in the revised title.
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