36 USC § 70509 - Records and inspection

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title: "36 USC § 70509 - Records and inspection"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70509"
section_name: "Records and inspection"
chapter_number: 705
chapter_name: "THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION"
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. 1353.)"
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# § 70509. Records and inspection

**(a)** **Records.—** The corporation shall keep—

**(1)** correct and complete records of account;

**(2)** minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any of the authority of its board of directors; and

**(3)** at its principal office, a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote.

**(b)** **Inspection.—** A member entitled to vote, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1353.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70509 | 36:583. | Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 911, § 13, 68 Stat. 799. |

The word “records” is substituted for “books and records” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.