Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§200306 Exclusive Right to Name, Seals, Emblems, and Badges
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 2003 — SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR › § 200306
Summary
Only the corporation and its subordinate divisions may use the name "Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War." The corporation also alone controls any seals, emblems, and badges it creates and can decide if others may use them.
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Title 36, §200306
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 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) 20030636:547.Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 774, § 17, 68 Stat. 752. The words “sole” and “or refuse” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “corporation adopts” are substituted for “as it may legally adopt” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “and such emblems, seals, and badges as have heretofore been used by the Illinois corporation described in section 548 of this title and the right to which may be lawfully transferred to the corporation” are omitted as executed and obsolete.
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36 U.S.C. § 200306
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102