Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110
§170108 Records and Inspection
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1701 — PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA › § 170108
Summary
The corporation must keep accurate financial records, minutes of member and executive-committee meetings, and at its main office a list of voting members with their names and addresses. Any voting member—or that member’s agent or lawyer—can look at those records for a proper purpose at a reasonable time.
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Title 36, §170108
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Records.—
The corporation shall keep—
(1)correct and complete records of account;
(2)minutes of the proceedings of its members, executive committee, and committees having any of the authority of its executive committee; and
(3)at its principal office, a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote.
(b)Inspection.—
A member entitled to vote, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 17010836:1161.Aug. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 92–93, § 11, 85 Stat. 318. In this section, the word “records” is substituted for “books and records” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. In subsection (a)(3), the words “registered office or” are omitted for consistency in the revised title.
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36 U.S.C. § 170108
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110