36 USC § 50102 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 50102 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "50102"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 501
chapter_name: "DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861–1865"
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. 1341.)"
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# § 50102. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861–1865 (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Ohio, is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Expiration of Charter.—** If the corporation does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1341.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50102(a) | 36:3701. | Dec. 9, 1985, Pub. L. 99–172, §§ 1, 16, 99 Stat. 1020, 1023. |
| 50102(b) | 36:3715. |  |

In subsection (a), the words “incorporated in Ohio” are substituted for “organized under the laws of the State of Ohio” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.