36 USC § 30901 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 30901 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "30901"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 309
chapter_name: "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA"
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. 1325.)"
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# § 30901. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Boy Scouts of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.

**(b)** **Domicile.—** The domicile of the corporation is 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. 1325.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30901 | 36:21. | June 15, 1916, ch. 148, §§ 1, 2 (words before 2d comma), 39 Stat. 227. |
|  | 36:22 (words before 2d comma). |  |

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