Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§230306 Exclusive Right to Name, Seals, Emblems, and Badges
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 2303 — VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED › § 230306
Summary
Only the corporation and the groups under it may use the name "Veterans of World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated." The corporation alone controls any seals, emblems, and badges it creates, and it can let other people or groups use them if it chooses.
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Title 36, §230306
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Veterans of World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated”. 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) 23030636:777.July 18, 1958, Pub. L. 85–530, § 17, 72 Stat. 374. The words “sole”, “or refuse”, and “and such emblems, seals, and badges as have heretofore been used by the Ohio corporation described in section 778 of this title” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “and the right to which may be lawfully transferred to the corporation” are omitted as executed.
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Citation
36 U.S.C. § 230306
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102