Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§130106 Exclusive Right to Name, Seals, Emblems, and Badges
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1301 — LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC › § 130106
Summary
Only the corporation and its subordinate divisions may use the name “Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic.” The corporation alone controls any seals, emblems, and badges it creates and can allow others to use them.
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Title 36, §130106
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic”. The corporation has the exclusive right to use and to allow others to use seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 13010636:78o.June 17, 1959, Pub. L. 86–47, § 16, 73 Stat. 79. The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “allow others to use” are substituted for “allow or refuse the use of”, and the words “the corporation adopts” are substituted for “as have heretofore been used by the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic”, for consistency in the revised title.
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36 U.S.C. § 130106
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102