36 USC § 70707 - Misnomer not to affect transfer of property

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title: "36 USC § 70707 - Misnomer not to affect transfer of property"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70707"
section_name: "Misnomer not to affect transfer of property"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION"
part_number: "B"
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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. 1355.)"
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# § 70707. Misnomer not to affect transfer of property

A misnomer of the corporation does not affect any transfer of property to or from the corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70707 | 36:4405. | June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 5, 31 Stat. 663. |

In this section, the word “affect” is substituted for “defeat or annul”, and the words “transfer of property” are substituted for “grant, donation, gift, devise, or bequest”, to eliminate unnecessary words.