36 USC § 190106 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s190106"
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title: "36 USC § 190106 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "190106"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
chapter_number: 1901
chapter_name: "RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1448.)"
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# § 190106. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

The corporation and its subordinate departmental subdivisions and local chapters have the exclusive right to use the name “Reserve Officers Association of the United States” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1448.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 190106 | 36:238. | June 30, 1950, ch. 431, § 18, 64 Stat. 315. |

The words “sole”, “to have, and”, “in carrying out its object and purpose”, and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary.