36 USC § 154508 - Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s154508"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 154508 - Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "154508"
section_name: "Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status"
chapter_number: 1545
chapter_name: "NAVY WIVES CLUBS OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1436.)"
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# § 154508. Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status
**(a)** **Corporate Status.—** The corporation shall maintain its status as a corporation incorporated under the laws of each State in which it is incorporated.
**(b)** **Tax-Exempt Status.—** The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1436.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 154508(a) | 36:2808(f). | Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–520, §§ 8(f), 15 (1st sentence), 98 Stat. 2429, 2430. |
| 154508(b) | 36:2814 (1st sentence). | |