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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110

§502 Regulations, Licenses, and Registration Tags

Title 36 › Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part A — Observances and Ceremonies › CHAPTER 5 — PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES › § 502

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The D.C. Council must make reasonable rules for each inauguration to keep order and to protect people, health, and property. It must also set special rules about where and how vehicles may stand or move, and it must give special permits to street sellers to sell in places the Council picks, with any conditions and fees the Council sets. The Mayor may issue special short-term registration tags for motor vehicles used by the Inaugural Committee. Those tags can last no more than 90 days and may be made to celebrate the Presidential and Vice Presidential inauguration.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §502

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Regulations and Licenses.—
For each inaugural period, the Council of the District of Columbia shall—
(1)prescribe reasonable regulations necessary to preserve public order and protect life, health, and property;
(2)prescribe special regulations related to the standing, movement, and operation of vehicles; and
(3)grant special licenses to peddlers and vendors to sell merchandise in places the Council considers proper, subject to conditions and fees for the licenses the Council considers proper.
(b)Registration Tags.—
The Mayor of the District of Columbia may issue, for any motor vehicle made available for the use of the Inaugural Committee, special registration tags, valid for not more than 90 days, designed to celebrate the inauguration of the President and Vice President.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 502(a)36:722(a).Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 2, 70 Stat. 1049; Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 1, 82 Stat. 4. 502(b)36:722(b).36:730. Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 10, as added Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 4, 82 Stat. 4. In this chapter, the words “Council of the District of Columbia” are substituted for “District of Columbia Council” because of section 401 and 711 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93–198, 87 Stat. 785, 818). In subsection (a)(2), the words “of whatever character or kind during such period” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (a)(3), the words “the privilege of”, “goods, wares, and”, and “in the District of Columbia” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b), the words “both duly registered . . . and unregistered”, “a period”, and “the occasion of” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 502

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110