---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 153509"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "153509"
heading: "Records and inspection"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/153509"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1535 — National Tropical Botanical Garden"
---

# §153509. Records and inspection

- (a) **Records.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall keep—
  - (1) correct and complete records of account;
  - (2) minutes of the proceedings of its board of trustees and committees having any of the authority of its board of trustees; 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](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1426.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 153509 | 36:4611. | Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 11, 78 Stat. 499. |

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