36 USC § 50305 - Exclusive right to name
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s50305"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 50305 - Exclusive right to name"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "50305"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name"
chapter_number: 503
chapter_name: "DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS"
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. 1344.)"
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# § 50305. Exclusive right to name
The corporation and its State and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Disabled American Veterans”.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1344.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50305 | 36:90h. | June 17, 1932, ch. 268, § 8, 47 Stat. 321; July 15, 1942, ch. 505, § 5, 56 Stat. 660. |
The words “sole”, “have and”, and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.