36 USC § 170105 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s170105"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 170105 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "170105"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
chapter_number: 1701
chapter_name: "PARALYZED VETERANS 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. 1441.)"
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# § 170105. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
The corporation and its State and regional organizations and local chapters or posts have the exclusive right to use the name “Paralyzed Veterans of America” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation lawfully adopts.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1441.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 170105 | 36:1160. | Aug. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 92–93, § 10, 85 Stat. 318. |
The words “sole”, “have and”, and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.