---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140507"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140507"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140507"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1405 — Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated"
---

# §140507. Principal office


The principal office of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be in the District of Columbia or another place decided by the national executive board. However, the activities of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are not confined to the place where the principal office is located but may be conducted throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1383.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140507 | 36:825(a). | Aug. 26, 1958, Pub. L. 85–761, § 5(a), 72 Stat. 856. |

The word “various” is omitted as unnecessary.