36 USC § 140501 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 140501 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "140501"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1405
chapter_name: "MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1381.)"
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# § 140501. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated (in this chapter, the “corporation”), is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Place of Incorporation and Domicile.—** The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.

**(c)** **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1381.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 140501 | 36:821. | Aug. 26, 1958, Pub. L. 85–761, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 72 Stat. 854, 856. |
|  | 36:822.36:824(1). |  |

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.